natural death

noun

1. death that occurs from natural causes, as disease or old age, rather than from violence or an accident.

Word History and Origins

Origin of natural death¹

First recorded in 1570–80

Example Sentences

Jozef Gecz, a pediatric geneticist who signed the pardon petition, acknowledged to the news wire that there was stronger evidence of natural death in the girls’ cases.

From Washington Post

Yet another national park that’s popular with the auto-touring crowd, Yellowstone saw motor-vehicle crashes, medical issues, and natural death tied for the most fatalities, with 12 occurances each since 2010.

From Outside Online

Beyond falls and natural death, drownings are the most common cause of death in Yosemite.

From Washington Post

So much for wanting “the gaucheries of [his] youth” to “die a perfectly natural death.”

From The Daily Beast

Better for all of us that it dies a natural death from simple repulsion and lack of interest.

From The Daily Beast

Unhappily the Duc d'Alencon, Catherine's last male child, had already died, a natural death.

From Project Gutenberg

It has been ridiculed so long that it should have died a natural death.

From Project Gutenberg

With characteristic mendacity, the duke spread the report that the prisoner had died a natural death.

From Project Gutenberg

If this proposal is agreeable to you, we must think of acting so that my brother should appear to have died a natural death.

From Project Gutenberg

Your master's body is contained in these two bundles, and our business is, to bury him as if he had died a natural death.

From Project Gutenberg