decease (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *decease*:
NOUN	event	decease, death, expiry	the event of dying or departure from life
VERB	change	decease, die, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life

decease > pronunciation
Sounds	dihsiy's
Rhymes	altarpiece ... Vietnamese: 37 rhymes with iys...

English > *decease*: 2 senses > noun 1, event
Meaning	The event of dying or departure from life.
Example	"upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"
Synonyms	death, expiry
Instances	Crucifixion	The death of Jesus by crucifixion
Narrower	fatality, human death	A death resulting from an accident or a disaster
	martyrdom	death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause
	megadeath	The death of a million people
	passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release	euphemistic expressions for death
	wrongful death	A death that results from a wrongful / wrongful act or from negligence
Broader	change, alteration, modification	An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another
Opposite	birth, nativity, nascency, nascence	The event of being born
Spanish	deceso, defunción, desaparición, expiración, fallecimiento, muerte, óbito, tránsito
Catalan	decés, defunció, desaparició, mort, òbit, traspàs, traspassament
Verbs	decease	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life

English > *decease*: 2 senses > verb 1, change
Meaning	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	die, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
Caused by	kill	Cause to die
Entailed by	leave, leave behind	Be survived by after one's death
Narrower	abort	Cease development, die, and be aborted
	buy it, pip out	Be killed / killed or die
	drown	die from being submerged / submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating / asphyxiating
	fall	die, as in battle / battle or in a hunt / hunt
	predecease	die before
	starve, famish	die of food deprivation
	succumb, yield	Be fatally overwhelmed
	suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate	Be asphyxiated
Broader	change state, turn	Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Opposite	be born	Come into existence through birth
Similar to	die	Suffer or face the pain of death
Similar to	fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down	stop operating or functioning
Spanish	acudir, asfixiarse, asfixiar, caducar, caer muerto, colgar los guayos, croar, dejar de existir, diñar, entregar el alma, espichar, estirar la pata, estrangular, exhalar el último suspiro, expirar, fallecer, fenecer, finar, irse al otro barrio, ir, morir, palmar, pasar a mejor vida, pasar, perder la vida, perecer, salir de este mundo, salir, sucumbir, vencer
Catalan	acudir, asfixiar, caducar, dinyar-la, estrangular, expirar, finar, morir-se, morir, perir
Nouns	decease	the event of dying or departure from life
Nouns	decedent	someone who is no longer alive

HyperDic: decease