untimely death
Life cut short
An untimely death is one that comes too soon—before the natural end of a full lifespan.
The phrase typically describes deaths of young people or those in their prime: Her untimely death at thirty-two shocked the literary world.
It carries a sense of tragedy and lost potential, implying the person had years ahead of them.
- prematureOccurring before expected
- tragicCausing great sorrow
- suddenOccurring without prior notice
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- lossBeing without something
grief · mourning · fatal · fatal accident · demise · passing · departed · rest in peace · in loving memory · cut short · young · funeral · obituary · accident · illness · heartbreak · left behind · gone too soon
- deathshanging, beheading, guillotine, assassination, execution
untimely deathnatural death
Death from internal causes
long life · ripe old age · peaceful death · longevity · good death
untimely deathpeaceful death
Calm, painless final moment
good death · dignified death · death with dignity · natural causes
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