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decease

Nouns

• (n) the event of dying or departure from life
  • her death came as a terrible shock
  • upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
  death, expiry,

Verbs

• (v) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • She died from cancer
  • The children perished in the fire
  • The patient went peacefully
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
  buy the farm, cash in one's chips, croak, die, drop dead, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, conk, exit, choke, go, pass,

Synonyms

death expiry buy the farm cash in one's chips croak die drop dead give-up the ghost kick the bucket pass away perish snuff it expire pop off conk exit choke go pass

Antonyms

nascence nascency nativity birth be born

See also

die off die out die back die down

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