The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
Spiritual lifelessness.
The personification of death as a hooded figure with a scythe; the Grim Reaper. The pronoun he is not the only option, but probably the most traditional one, as it matches with the male grammatical gender of Old English dēaþ, also with cognate German der Tod. The fourth apocalyptic rider (Bible, revelations 6:8) is male θᾰ́νᾰτος (thanatos) in Greek. It has the female name Mors in Latin, but is referred to with male forms qui and eum. The following quotes show this rider on a pale horse is his in the English Bible and she in Peter Gabriel's lyrics.
A cause of great stress, exhaustion, embarrassment, or another negative condition (for someone).
The collapse or end of something.
Execution (in the judicial sense).
To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.
To endure, continue over time.
Being the only one remaining of its class.
Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
Lowest in rank or degree.
Most recent, latest, last so far.
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.
A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.
The (one) immediately before the present.
Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.
Most recently.
after everything else; finally