| Main Entry: | decease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | death |
Synonyms: |
buying the farm, curtains, defunction, demise, departure, dissolution, dying, grim reaper, passing, passing away, passing over, quietus, release, silence, sleep, taps, the end |
| 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: |
birth |
| Main Entry: | dissolution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | death; destruction |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, conclusion, curtains, decay, decease, decomposition, defunction, demise, disappearance, disbandment, discontinuation, dismissal, dispersal, end, ending, evaporation, extinction, finish, liquefaction, melting, overthrow, passing, quietus, release, resolution, ruin, silence, sleep, solution, suspension, termination |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, construction, start |
| Main Entry: | passing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | death |
Synonyms: |
decease, defunction, demise, dissolution, end, finish, loss, silence, sleep, termination |
Antonyms: |
birth, living |