death's

Belonging to mortality

Death's is the possessive form of death, treating the abstract concept or personified figure as an owner or agent.

Most often appears with Death as a character: death's door (the threshold of dying), death's grip, death's embrace.

In personification, Death wields a scythe, rides a pale horse, or keeps appointments: death's cold hand, death's messenger.

possession

door

Hinged room barrier

  • headUppermost body part
  • gripSecure manual hold
  • shadowLight blocked by object

embrace · touch · hand · threshold · realm · domain · kingdom · grasp · dominion · territory

personification

scythe

Manual crop-cutting implement

  • cloakSleeveless outer wrap
  • hoodAttached head covering
  • skullHead's bone casing

skeleton · reaper · horseman · angel · specter · visage · face · mask · messenger · harbinger

figurative

knell

Solemn bell stroke

blow · stroke · spiral · march · wish · toll · call · summons · decree · notice

aftermath

wake

Path left in water

aftermath · remains · survivors · mourners · beneficiaries · heirs · widow · orphans · bequest · will

Opposites
life vs. death state

death'slife's

Belonging to one's existence

breath's

birth vs. death transition

death'screation's

Belonging to something made

dawn's

immortality vs. mortality

death'seternity's

Belonging to infinite time

Phrases
Family

death, deaths, deathly

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG