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relinquish life

VERB
die
Synonyms
STRONGEST
drown expire perish succumb
STRONG
conk croak decease demise depart drop finish suffocate
WEAK
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 rest in peace
Antonyms
STRONG
bear continue
WEAK
be born begin develop flourish grow improve live

Example Sentences

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When pursued by an invincible force they would relinquish life rather than their booty, even when the plunder was of a kind totally valueless in their savage homes.

From The Empire of Russia by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

For them he should be prepared to relinquish life with all its blessings.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole

No man in soundness of body and of mind can voluntarily give himself to die without seeing clearly other possibilities, and without feeling it to be a hard and painful thing to relinquish life.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II by Dods, Marcus