as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
in the event of the decease of the president, the vice president will immediately assume his duties
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as in to die
to stop living
no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decease
Noun
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JonBenét performed in a Boulder Christmas parade with a float displaying her name just days before her death.—
Jean Casarez,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025 -
That section of the film is disturbing because the people around Bolen are shown celebrating her death.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Eighteen of the 29 victims who died from the L.A. fires have been identified, according to the medical examiner's office.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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The election will fill the seat of the late Sen. Kari Dziedzic, who died last month following a battle with cancer.—
Mary Murphy,
Twin Cities,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Jake walked us through some of the fallout from the demise, revealing that Apple TV+ viewers will be robbed of comedic turns from an all-star British cast that was set to include Jason Isaacs, Dawn French, Miranda Richardson, and Jamie and Natasia Demetriou.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Before this particular spacecraft reaches its watery demise, however, SpaceX will test a few other key objectives.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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An additional five animals at a private animal sanctuary in Colorado — two tigers, one lion, a mountain lion and a fox — also perished from eating the food.—
Susanne Rust,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The thousands who have lost so much in the Los Angeles wildfires will soon wrestle with how to rebuild the lives that perished with their homes.—
Billy Witz,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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Their fate has raised painful questions in Israel about the military's failure to prevent the 2023 Hamas attack.—
Willem Marx,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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At the same time, peace talks spearheaded by Angola, Congo’s southwestern neighbor, have stalled, and the fate of U.N. peacekeepers stationed in eastern Congo was until recently up in the air, with their mandate renewed in December for another year.—
Ruth Maclean,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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However, as so often is the case, this reaffirmed American ideal fell short of reality.—
AJ Willingham,
CNN,
22 Jan. 2025
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No snow was reported, so maybe a trace at best fell, Hinson said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Decease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decease. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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