| Main Entry: |
decease |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
pass away; expire |
Synonyms: |
buy a one-way ticket, call off all bets,
cease,
check out*, cool off, croak, deep six,
depart,
die,
drop,
go,
pass, pass away, pass on, pass over,
perish,
succumb
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| Notes: |
decease is the event of dying or departure from life; disease is an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal and harmful functioning |
Antonyms: |
be born, bear
|
* = informal/non-formal usage
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