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Decease Common

Decease has 4 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

the event of dying or departure from life

"her death came as a terrible shock"

"upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"

2

Death, departure from life.

Verb
1

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

"She died from cancer"

"The children perished in the fire"

"The patient went peacefully"

"The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

2

To die.

Example Sentences
"her death came as a terrible shock" noun
"upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren" noun
"She died from cancer" verb
"The children perished in the fire" verb
"The patient went peacefully" verb
"The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
nativity be born
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change change state
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fatality martyrdom megadeath passing wrongful death abort suffocate buy it drown predecease starve fall succumb
Rhyming Words
ase base ease rase wase nase sase vase tase case kase lase mase jase mease dbase tease pease ukase dease
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