…的死因；…的末路，…的毁灭
the cause of the end of life, or the end or destruction of something
The failure of the family business was the death of him. 家族企业的落败把他送上了末路。
That child will be the death of me (= is always doing something which upsets me)! 这孩子非把我烦死不可！
I honestly think the stress of the situation will be the death of her.
He always said that the internet would be the death of the record industry.
The introduction of the refrigerator was the death of the old-fashioned larder.
See also: death