decease

English Thesaurus

1. the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

hypernym	:	alteration, change, modification,
definition	:	an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another (noun.event)

hyponym	:	fatality, human death,
definition	:	a death resulting from an accident or a disaster (noun.event)

hyponym	:	martyrdom,
definition	:	death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause (noun.event)

hyponym	:	megadeath,
definition	:	the death of a million people (noun.event)

hyponym	:	departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release,
definition	:	euphemistic expressions for death (noun.event)

hyponym	:	wrongful death,
definition	:	a death that results from a wrongful act or from negligence; a death that can serve as the basis for a civil action for damages on behalf of the dead person's family or heirs (noun.event)

instance hyponym	:	crucifixion,
definition	:	the death of Jesus by crucifixion (noun.event)

2. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

hypernym	:	change state, turn,
definition	:	undergo a transformation or a change of position or action (verb.change)

hyponym	:	abort,
definition	:	cease development, die, and be aborted (verb.body)

hyponym	:	asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate,
definition	:	be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen (verb.change)

hyponym	:	buy it, pip out,
definition	:	be killed or die (verb.change)

hyponym	:	drown,
definition	:	die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating (verb.change)

hyponym	:	predecease,
definition	:	die before; die earlier than (verb.change)

hyponym	:	famish, starve,
definition	:	die of food deprivation (verb.consumption)

hyponym	:	fall,
definition	:	die, as in battle or in a hunt (verb.stative)

hyponym	:	succumb, yield,
definition	:	be fatally overwhelmed (verb.stative)

verb group	:	break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad,
definition	:	stop operating or functioning (verb.change)

verb group	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

3. the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

antonym	:	birth, nascence, nascency, nativity,
definition	:	the event of being born (noun.event)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

4. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

antonym	:	be born,
definition	:	come into existence through birth (verb.change)

also	:	die down,
definition	:	become progressively weaker (verb.change)

also	:	die back, die down,
definition	:	suffer from a disease that kills shoots (verb.change)

also	:	die off, die out,
definition	:	become extinct (verb.change)

derivation	:	death,
definition	:	the act of killing (noun.act)

derivation	:	departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release,
definition	:	euphemistic expressions for death (noun.event)

derivation	:	death, decease, expiry,
definition	:	the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

derivation	:	death,
definition	:	the personification of death (noun.person)

derivation	:	dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed,
definition	:	someone who is no longer alive (noun.person)

derivation	:	death,
definition	:	the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	death,
definition	:	the absence of life or state of being dead (noun.state)

derivation	:	death, last,
definition	:	the time at which life ends; continuing until dead (noun.time)

5. the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

antonym	:	birth, nascence, nascency, nativity,
definition	:	the event of being born (noun.event)

derivation	:	buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it,
definition	:	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

derivation	:	die,
definition	:	suffer or face the pain of death (verb.perception)

6. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (verb.change)

antonym	:	be born,
definition	:	come into existence through birth (verb.change)

also	:	die down,
definition	:	become progressively weaker (verb.change)

also	:	die back, die down,
definition	:	suffer from a disease that kills shoots (verb.change)

also	:	die off, die out,
definition	:	become extinct (verb.change)

derivation	:	death,
definition	:	the act of killing (noun.act)

derivation	:	departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing, release,
definition	:	euphemistic expressions for death (noun.event)

derivation	:	death, decease, expiry,
definition	:	the event of dying or departure from life (noun.event)

derivation	:	death,
definition	:	the personification of death (noun.person)

derivation	:	dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed,
definition	:	someone who is no longer alive (noun.person)

derivation	:	death,
definition	:	the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism (noun.phenomenon)

derivation	:	death,
definition	:	the absence of life or state of being dead (noun.state)

derivation	:	death, last,
definition	:	the time at which life ends; continuing until dead (noun.time)

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