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




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"

Antonym:
  • be born

Type of:
  • change state; turn

Types:
  • abort
  • suffocate; stifle; asphyxiate
  • buy it; pip out
  • drown
  • predecease
  • starve; famish
  • fall
  • succumb; yield


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