I’m looking for a word for ‘the moment of death’. It can be either the literal moment the heart stops beating, or it could be more metaphorical. Thanks.
Posted Oct 28, 2018, 10:05 AM UTC
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A nice word that means "at or around death" is perimortem.
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Oh, I like that too! I could probably use that to talk about the bodily state and when talking about cultural beliefs that surround death as well. That’s nice.
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death throes
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Expire or expiration.
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In medical terms, expiration means exhaling
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Sublimation
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I like this.
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quietus
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time of death(TOD)
have heard it called "translation"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_expressions_related_to_death
‘quietus’ is rather lovely. I’ll check out the article, thank you! 😊
Hunh, never noticed before that the acronym, TOD is, of course, the German word for death.