die

Definition for die

verb as in pass away; stop living

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conk, croak, decease, demise, depart, drop, finish, suffocate

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be no more, be taken, breathe one's last, cease to exist, drop off, give up the ghost, go way of all flesh, kick the bucket, relinquish life, rest in peace

verb as in wither, dwindle

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deteriorate, disappear, end, expire, fail, fall, pass, stop, vanish

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abate, bate, crumble, decay, decline, degenerate, dilapidate, diminish, droop, ebb, fade, halt, lapse, moderate, molder, rankle, recede, retrograde, rot, sink, slacken, subside, wane, weaken, wilt

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break down, ease off, fade away, fade out, fizzle out, go bad, go downhill, let up, lose power, melt away, peter out, run down, run low, run out, wear away

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“It was my grandmother’s. She died a few weeks ago. It’s the last thing I have of hers.”

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That was the path he had chosen: to die to all who knew him, and to all he knew—his devoted wife, his bumbling, nearsighted son, his palatial home, his vast fortune.

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“Drowning in a medicinal tar pit, tsk tsk! What a gruesome way to die.”

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“He was a judge. He died before Edward and I married, so I can’t speak for his health, but he was said to be a most unpleasant person.”

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Penelope waited until the wind died down before continuing, this time with one hand holding on to her hat.

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