to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned

to die / death

dead person / (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen

to kill

matter of life and death

to crash (of a computer)

after death / posthumous

mythological figure (such as the Grim Reaper) in charge of taking the souls of those who die / (fig.) death

the dead / the deceased

to die

death penalty; capital punishment

to die suddenly

nearing death / on the point of demise / approaching extinction

hopeless situation / deadlock

to kill / to beat to death

dead end / (fig.) the road to disaster

the Dead Sea

to court death; to take a big risk

Damn it! / damned / wretched

cause of death

gap in coverage / gap in protection or defenses / neglected or overlooked area / dead end

life or death / fate / no matter what / anyway / for the life of me

necrosis

to strangle

to die by violence

rigid / unwavering / unbendable / firm (hold on sth) / tenacious

to hound sb to death

prisoner that awaits execution / convict sentenced to death / someone on death row

bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb / undaunted by perils

blockage / obstruction / infarction

to fall ill and die / to die of illness

to defend one's property to the death / to cling obstinately to old habits / die-hard

half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc) / (tired) to death / (terrified) out of one's wits / (beaten) to within an inch of one's life / (knock) the daylights out of sb

to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery

to throw away one's life

casualties / dead and injured

lit. you die, I live (idiom); irreconcilable adversaries / two parties cannot coexist

deathly stillness

facing death / at death's door

nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape / new lease of life

to help the dying and heal the injured

time of death / limited to a fixed period of time / fixed term

to starve to death / to be very hungry

to act recklessly (idiom)

suicide squad / kamikaze unit

(idiom) dead end / road to ruin

to drown

to pledge one's life

(coll.) to fight to the death

an execution / to put sb to death

to block (a road) / to plug (a hole) / to stop up

suspended animation / feigned death / to play dead

devil (used jocularly or contemptuously) / the departed

to crush to death

to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life / with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day

to burn to death

to drown

to kill with an explosion

to freeze to death / to die off in winter

from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water / brave / willing to risk life and limb

mortal danger, escape alive (idiom); a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth

to behead / capital punishment / desperate struggle / life-and-death

matter of life and death

separated in life and death / to part for ever

(ball sports) dead ball

fight to the death / desperate struggle

dying

to throttle / to choke to death

lethal point (acupuncture) / vulnerable spot / Achilles' heel

mortal crime / capital offense

to be hell-bent on / dead set on sth / unswerving

mortal enemy / arch-enemy

best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers

lit. to be born, to grow old, to get sick and to die / fig. the fate of humankind (i.e. mortality)

to learn by rote / to mechanically memorize

lit. not close one's eyes after dying (idiom) / fig. to die with an unresolved grievance

to die while still relatively young / to have been dead (for some years)

stagnant water / backwater

to view death as a return home / to not be afraid of dying / to face death with equanimity (idiom)

violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster / an unnatural death

deathbed struggle / final struggle (idiom)

to hover between life and death (idiom) / to suffer terribly / within an inch of one's life

a corpse / a dead body

(lit.) to wither in the light of day / (fig.) the bubble bursts as the reality becomes apparent (esp. of a much-anticipated first meeting with sb) / (of stocks) just as the favorable news is officially published, the stock price falls

(of a ruler) to order sb to commit suicide

to just escape from calamity

to be parted by death

as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence / in a drunken stupor

death by hanging / to hang oneself

greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly / clinging abjectly to life / only interested in saving one's neck

to place sb on field of death / to confront with mortal danger / to give sb no way out / with one's back to the wall / looking death in the eye / part of idiom 置之死地而後生｜置之死地而后生

dead atmosphere / lifeless / spiritless

to die in a foreign land / to die abroad

to stab to death

news of sb's death

lit. ashes burn once more (idiom); fig. sb lost returns to have influence / sth malevolent returns to haunt one

brazen faced (idiom); shameless

lit. either the fish dies or the net splits / a life and death struggle (idiom)

to suffer an unjust death

to tire oneself out through overwork / to work oneself to death