The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

death n. 1 demise, decease, passing, dying, end: She was overcome
with grief at the news of his death. 2 end, termination,
cessation, expiration, expiry: Nobody mourned the death of the
bill in the lower house. 3 end, finish, termination;
extinction, destruction, extermination, annihilation,
eradication, obliteration, eradication, extirpation,
liquidation, ruin, downfall, undoing: The invasion marked the
death of the Roman Empire.
deathless adj. eternal, everlasting, immortal, undying, imperishable,
permanent, unending, timeless, never-ending: In his opinion,
his novel was another example of his deathless prose.
debase v. 1 lower, degrade, devalue, depreciate, depress, demote,
deprecate, belittle, diminish, reduce, disparage: Words which
denote fine qualities are in time debased. 2 adulterate,
contaminate, taint, pollute, corrupt, mar, spoil, impair,
vitiate, abase, defile, bastardize; poison: To increase
profits, the manufacturer has debased the traditional formula.
debatable adj. controversial, arguable, questionable, doubtful, dubious,
problematic or problematical, disputable, open or subject to
dispute or doubt or question, in dispute or doubt or question,
moot, polemic or polemical, unsure, uncertain, unsettled,
undecided: Whether he is the best person for the job is
debatable.
debate n. 1 discussion, argument, dispute, altercation, controversy,
wrangle, contention, polemic; argumentation: I refuse to take
sides in the debate over social services. 2 deliberation,
consideration, (careful) thought, reflection, cogitation,
meditation, contemplation: Payment of reparations to the
victims of the disaster is a matter for debate.
--v. 3 argue, wrangle, dispute, contest, contend; discuss,
moot, question: We debated only the most important issues. 4
deliberate, consider, reflect (on), mull over, ponder (over),
weigh, ruminate (over), meditate (on or over), think (over or
on), think through: I have often debated in my own mind the
question of capital punishment.
debonair adj. 1 suave, soign‚(e), elegant, urbane, refined, dapper,
genteel, well-bred, courteous, civil, mannerly, gracious,