human death

/ˌ(h)jumən dɛθ/
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Other forms: human deaths

Definitions of human death
  1. noun
    a death resulting from an accident or a disaster
    synonyms: fatality
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    types:
    killing, violent death
    an event that causes someone to die
    casualty, fatal accident
    an accident that causes someone to die
    collateral damage
    (euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations
    type of:
    death, decease, demise, expiry
    the event of dying or departure from life
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