pass away

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verb

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (Freq. 3)
- 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
• Syn:
die, decease, perish, go, exit,
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
• Ant:
be born (for: die)
• See Also:
die out (for: die), die off (for: die), die down (for: die)
• Derivationally related forms:
passing (for: pass), expiration (for: expire), exit (for: exit), going (for: go), decedent (for: decease), decease (for: decease), death (for: die), Death (for: die)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
abort, suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, buy it,
pip out, drown, predecease, starve, famish, fall,
succumb, yield
• Verb Group:
die, fail, go bad, give way, give out,
conk out, go, break, break down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
2. go out of existence (Freq. 1)
- She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away
• Hypernyms:
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s