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plural of decease
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(Entry 1 of 2)
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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deceases
verb
present tense third-person singular of decease
Synonyms & Antonyms of deceases (Entry 2 of 2)
to stop living
- no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased
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- bites the dust,
- buys it
- (or buys the farm),
- gives up the ghost,
- kicks the bucket,
- snuffs it
- [British]
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“Deceases.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceases. Accessed 26 Jan. 2022.
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