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decease

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verb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decease
Noun
  • When the news broke of his death on Jan. 10, 2016, fans across the globe grieved and paid tribute to the legend.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2025
  • This was one of the theories about Wilkins’s death.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 21 June 2025
Verb
  • Roberts died at 90 years old in her sleep from natural causes in April 2016.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 21 June 2025
  • At some point during our new Gilded Age, as the United States and the world have become more unequal, did Prince Charming die?
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • And the company’s legal battle with Albertsons over the demise of the merger deal is ongoing.
    Melissa Repko, CNBC, 20 June 2025
  • The visual of Ship 36 going up in flames harkens back to those previous explosions, along with the fiery demise of a Falcon 9 rocket on its launch pad in 2016 under circumstances similar to Wednesday night's incident.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis was a summer visitor, as was her late son John F. Kennedy Jr., who perished in a plane crash off the coast with his wife Carolyn Bessette and sister-in-law Lauren in 1999.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
  • Hundreds of Israeli civilians were injured in Iranian attacks, many homes were destroyed, and a few dozen civilians were killed, including five who perished in an Iranian attack on Beersheba minutes before the cease-fire took effect.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
Noun
  • Among the biggest long-term potential threats: how Congress ultimately decides the fate of Medicaid, which has helped prop up the finances of Cook County Health; and various federal grants President Donald Trump targeted with an avalanche of executive orders.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2025
  • With the Fed usually circumspect about its outlook, investors often hope to divine some greater understanding about the fate of the U.S. economy.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Season two saw Valerie cast in an HBO project about the sitcom writer who made her life hell in season one, earning widespread acclaim professionally even as her personal life was falling apart.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
  • In the footage, the wooden wall can be seen falling forward with a thud, while two vertical cables hang behind, apparently slack.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 June 2025
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“Decease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decease. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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