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Pass away has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
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

go out of existence

"She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"

3

To die.

Example Sentences
"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
"She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
be born
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change state end
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
abort suffocate buy it drown predecease starve fall succumb
Rhyming Words
way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway
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