eternal sleep

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eternal sleep - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  eternal sleep
      n 1: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in
           a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her
           husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep" [syn:
           rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep,
           quietus]