| PHRASE | ONE WORD |
| A solemn procession, especially for a funeral | Cortege |
| A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead | Elegy |
| A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died | Epitaph |
| Killing of one’s son or daughter | Filicide |
| Destruction or abortion of a fetus | Foeticide |
| Killing of one’s brother or sister | Fratricide |
| Killing of a large group of people | Genocide |
| Killing of one person by another | Homicide |
| Killing of infants | Infanticide |
| Burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb | Interment |
| Killing of one’s mother | Matricide |
| A room or building in which dead bodies are kept | Mortuary |
| A news article that reports the recent death of a person | Obituary |
| Killing of a parent or other near relative | Parricide |
| Killing of one’s father | Patricide |
| An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death | Postmortem |
| Action of killing a king | Regicide |
| Killing of one’s sister | Sororicide |
| Act of intentionally causing one’s own death | Suicide |
| Killing of one’s wife | Uxoricide |
