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passes away

VERB

die

Synonyms

STRONGEST

die expire perish succumb

WEAK

bite the dust buy the farm cash in one's chips cease living croak decease demise depart drop kick the bucket meet one's maker pass on

Antonyms

STRONGEST

begin

WEAK

be born live

Example Sentences

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"Jasper," a man with severe constipation who passes away in the sweltering waiting room, first appears in the season’s opening episode, and can later be glimpsed shedding layers of clothing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“If your partner passes away before you do, your annuity payments will continue until the end of the term,” the law firm adds.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

Part of what’s interesting to me is the fiction that you have to create when somebody passes away — you kind of fill in the blanks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2025

"When someone passes away you just want to be able to grieve knowing that it's happened, that it's disappointing it's happened, but it ends there," Cole says.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2025

As soon as the fuzziness passes away he’ll remember.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes