violent death

  • 1violent death — Death caused by violent external means, as distinguished from natural death as caused by disease or the wasting of the vital forces. Death is violent within accident policy if it results from external agency and is not in ordinary course of… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 2violent death — index fatality, homicide, killing, murder Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 3violent death — Death caused by an external agency; not occurring in the ordinary course of nature from disease or a wasting of the body …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 4violent death — rough death, death resulting from forceful acts …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 5violent death — noun an event that causes someone to die • Syn: ↑killing • Derivationally related forms: ↑kill (for: ↑killing) • Hypernyms: ↑fatality, ↑human death …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 6violent — [vī′ələnt] adj. [ME < MFr < L violentus, violent, akin to violare, to VIOLATE] 1. a) acting with or characterized by great physical force, so as to injure, damage, or destroy b) acting or characterized by force unlawfully or callously used… …

    English World dictionary

  • 7Death — (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of all vital… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8Death adder — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9Death bell — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 10Death candle — Death Death (d[e^]th), n. [OE. deth, dea[eth], AS. de[ a][eth]; akin to OS. d[=o][eth], D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau[eth]i, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. dau[thorn]us; from a verb meaning to die. See {Die}, v. i., and cf. {Dead}.] 1. The cessation of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English