death

permanent cessation of vital functions
Thing end Q4
death
Thomas C Roche 1826-1895 · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

death is an end[1]. death draws 26,220 Wikipedia views per month (end category, ranking #1 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: concept[3], property[4], form of event[5]
  • Subclass of: occurrence[6]
  • Commons category: Death[7]
  • Said to be the same as: brain death[8]
  • Opposite of: birth[9]
  • Unicode character: 💀[10], ☠[11]
  • Has part(s): cell death[12], multi-organism process[13], single-organism process[14], philosophy of death[15]
  • ICPC 2 ID: A96[16]
  • Has cause: cause of death[17], homicide[18], suicide[19]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Death[20]
  • Described at URL: https://leanlogic.online/glossary/death/[21], https://baike.sogou.com/v69726.htm[22]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Death[23]
  • Facet of: development of the human body[24], life[25]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[27], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[28], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[29], Lean Logic[30], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[33], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[34]
  • Topic has template: Template:Death[35]
  • Has immediate cause: dying[36], clinical death[37]
  • Has effect: dead[38]
  • Has characteristic: manner of death[39], cause of death[40]
  • Equivalent class: http://pcp-on-web.de/ontology#Death[41]

Body

Influence

Things named for death include Highway of Death[42], a highway[43], in Kuwait[44]; death zone[45], a region[46]; death squad[47]; death march[48]; The Death Match[49], an association football club match[50], in Soviet Union[51]; Costa da Morte[52], a coast[53], in Spain[54]; Death squads in El Salvador[55], a special forces[56], in El Salvador[57]; and The Naked and the Dead[58], a film[59], directed by Raoul Walsh[60].

Why It Matters

death has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] death is known by 239 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Entities named for death include Highway of Death[42], a highway[43], in Kuwait[44]; death zone[45], a region[46]; death squad[47]; death march[48]; The Death Match[49], an association football club match[50], in Soviet Union[51]; and Costa da Morte[52], a coast[53], in Spain[54].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['abstract', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arc', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'a
    J-global id → 200906068844007655
    Sitelink count → 240
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ J-global id: 200906068844007655, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/262086339|Death (#262086339)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7507|J-GLOBAL techni"
  2. 27d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14483 → m/muerte
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14483: m/muerte"
  3. 6w ago · Kordishal · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ehlfl id → Tod
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Ehlfl id: Tod, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102009037|Tod (#102009037)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3981|Historisches Lexikon des Fürste"
  4. 9w ago · LadyData · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb keyword → death, deceased
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Imdb keyword: deceased, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/193894734|deceased (#193894734)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6965|Top 10,000 IMDb keywo"
  5. 10w ago · WikiLucas00 · 2026-08-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pronunciation audio → Ms-MY-Ajal.ogg, LL-Q9610 (ben)-Tahmid-মৃত্যু.wav, LL-Q8097 (tel)-ప్రశాంతి-మరణం.wav
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Pronunciation audio: LL-Q8097 (tel)-ప్రశాంతి-మరణం.wav"
  6. 10w ago · Mullanur · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Studied by → sociology of death, forensic medicine, thanatology +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Studied by: necrology"
  7. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → death
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: death, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289919033|death (#289919033)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  8. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Romney
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295230, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  9. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3aSIAr
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40836|batch #40836]]: ZGBK ID"
  10. 14w ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → end, concept, property +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: form of event"
  11. 16w ago · Christian.gutknecht · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14527 → 20394
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14527: 20394, Add OpenParlData ID ([[Wikidata:Property proposal/OpenParlData_ID|P14527]])"
  12. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0008776-smrt, 0318316-umrti
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0008776-smrt, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  13. 17w ago · Sbb1413 · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Page banner → Candles Wikivoyage banner.jpg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Page banner: Candles_Wikivoyage_banner.jpg"
  14. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-single-property-update:1||2 */ Yso id, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  15. 22w ago · Obscuraa · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Tod, Death, Maut +1
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3839300
    Instance of → —
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Orthodox encyclopedia id: 2875411"
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