as in death
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
in the event of the decease of the president, the vice president will immediately assume his duties
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as in to die
to stop living
no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased
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Recent Examples of decease
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
According to the city’s naming policy, a valid name must meet at least one of several criteria including a geographic location, a historical event, or an individual deceased for at least five years who made significant contributions to San Jose.
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Ryan MacAsero,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
She was later pronounced deceased by the Rockcastle County Coroner’s Office.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
The conditions increase the possibility of transmitting the disease, which spreads through close contact with bodily fluids of the sick and deceased such as sweat, blood, feces and vomit.
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Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
At the scene, officers found Mohamed's wife and two sons deceased inside their home.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
For the first time, there are more players deceased than living from the Miami Dolphins‘ historic 1972 Perfect Season team.
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Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
John Medical Center told CBS News that the hospital received nine patients from the incident, including one person who was deceased upon arrival.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
There is a law, for example, about how long a person must be deceased before being monumentalized on federal land in the capital region.
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Kelsey Ables,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Verb
Despite life-saving measures from witnesses at the scene, the pedestrian was eventually pronounced deceased by Newport Beach Fire Department personnel, police said.
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Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
25 June 2026
According to the city’s naming policy, a valid name must meet at least one of several criteria including a geographic location, a historical event, or an individual deceased for at least five years who made significant contributions to San Jose.
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Ryan MacAsero,
Mercury News,
25 June 2026
She was later pronounced deceased by the Rockcastle County Coroner’s Office.
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Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
The conditions increase the possibility of transmitting the disease, which spreads through close contact with bodily fluids of the sick and deceased such as sweat, blood, feces and vomit.
—
Justin Kabumba,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2026
At the scene, officers found Mohamed's wife and two sons deceased inside their home.
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Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
For the first time, there are more players deceased than living from the Miami Dolphins‘ historic 1972 Perfect Season team.
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Miami Herald,
27 May 2026
John Medical Center told CBS News that the hospital received nine patients from the incident, including one person who was deceased upon arrival.
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Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
There is a law, for example, about how long a person must be deceased before being monumentalized on federal land in the capital region.
—
Kelsey Ables,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decease
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Juan Andres Gonzalez, 18, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the stabbing death.
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The last goal came at the death, toward the end of stoppage time.
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Ramsay, a mother of four, including Dylan, has become someone grieving families often call when their child dies in the water.
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Mark Hill died in 2019, at the untimely age of 59.
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In a sense, Western multinationals unwittingly created their chief global competitors, along with the conditions for their own demise.
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Iserson also touched on Ponies‘ modest viewership, which ultimately led to its demise despite strong critical acclaim.
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One camper perished in her cabin.
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Not long after completing Dream Me a Dream, Zimmerman and Marie-Claire Lambert, his wife of 55 years and frequent creative partner, perished in a house fire.
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During the draft lottery, there was a tense moment in the room when the fourth pick was being drawn, as Indiana’s fate was about to be revealed.
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The deal set out expectations for the next phase of negotiations, which will confront more complex topics, including the fate of Iran's nuclear program.
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So far, Milei has defended his Cabinet chief, even as the scandal damaged his government’s public image, constrained his political leverage in negotiations with allies and undermined his communication about spending cuts to Argentines scraping by on salaries that increasingly fall behind inflation.
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As opposed to the first film, where a good girl falls for a bad boy, the sequel turns the concept upside down, with Pfeiffer playing the bad girl who falls for a good boy.
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“Decease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decease. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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