decease 1 of 2

noun

di-ˈsēs How to pronounce decease (audio)
Definition of deceasenext
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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decease

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verb

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
  1. death
  2. die
  3. demise
  4. perish
  5. fate
  6. fall
Noun
  • Another 27 people remain at large and charges have been dropped against 7 people due to their deaths.
    Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The Gonzales family has filed a civil suit against the city of Austin. Elizabeth Gonzales, the victim's mother, urged for more transparency in the investigation into her son’s death.
    Serena Lin, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of death
Verb
  • The warning came after the US State Department confirmed to CNN that an American citizen had died in Vang Vieng.
    Lilit Marcus, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
  • An 8-year-old child in the Village of River Hills died Thursday after being struck by a car driven by their parent while waiting for the bus, police said.
    Claudia Levens, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of die
Noun
  • The ship’s demise has broken the hearts of a long line of men who could not save her.
    Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • England and Gage said this money changed the company’s outlook and led to its demise.
    Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of demise
Verb
  • The twist involves a naming switch-up between Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor) and his Jedi master Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson), who perishes at the hand of Darth Maul (Ray Park) at the conclusion of the divisive prequel.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • In the end, 384 men survived and 828 perished, either in the hold or in the water.
    Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of perish
Noun
  • After his sudden death, the fate of the show — which also stars Nicole Scherzinger, Kelly Rowland and AJ McLean as host — remains unclear.
    Daniela Avila, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
  • All the noir elements are here, obsession, desire, fate, all the classic characters, visual keys and thematic threads, but reimagined, remade to explore one central question – will the youth of today cave in to conformity, or turn the world on its head?
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of fate
Verb
  • Valor recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock after that as Regis fell a win short of the quarterfinals for the second year in a row.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
  • That’s in part because Democrats fell short in their bid to flip enough battleground districts in Southern California and the Central Valley to help the national party win a majority.
    Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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