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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At least 12 people have died and around 50 are still missing after a landslide struck two boats docked at a river port in Peru's Amazon rainforest region, local media reports.

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A teenager who died after being hit by a car on a motorway had got out of an ambulance shortly before the crash, police say.

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Mr Shabir, 45, who had been due to go on trial with them, died of a heart attack while on remand.

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Left-wing Cameroonian opposition figure Anicet Ekane has died in detention, five weeks after he was arrested, his lawyers and party have announced.

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At least 151 people died and many of the complex’s 4,600 residents, including seniors who had lived there for decades, lost their homes.

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