die of
phrasal verb
died of; dying of; dies of
: to die because of (something)
My uncle died of cancer.
She died of old age.
They say that he died of a broken heart.
—sometimes used figuratively to say something causes a lot of discomfort, distress, etc.I almost died of embarrassment.
Would you like some water? You must be dying of thirst.
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Other people have died of reactions to alpha-gal sugars, but those cases have involved sugars attached to a chemotherapy drug called cetuximab, which was how the syndrome was discovered in the first place.
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Ball died of cardiac arrest on April 26, 1989.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Hujar, who died of AIDS in 1987, only became celebrated as an artist after his death.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
Ball died of cardiac arrest on April 26, 1989.
—Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
Hujar, who died of AIDS in 1987, only became celebrated as an artist after his death.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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“Die of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/die%20of. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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