DECEASES Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of decease

as in deaths

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

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of decease

as in dies

to stop living no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased

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Noun

The deaths bring the homicide total in Richmond this year to nine .

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
Fentanyl is a highly addictive synthetic opioid and the main driver of overdose deaths in the United States.

— Ariana Figueroa, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2026

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Verb

After the child dies, their shares revert to their surviving siblings while the grandchildren receive cash from the life insurance payout.

— Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
College grad dies hours after X2 Christopher Hawley, a 22-year-old recent college graduate, rode X2 in June of 2022 with his cousin and brother.

— Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of dies

Verb

In The Children, sister and brother Guinevere and Ennis grow up under the shadow of their mother, Edith Sharpe, whose Ninth City children’s book series transfixes the world until Edith perishes in a mysterious fire in Vermont.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.

— Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025

Definition of perishes

Noun

Similarly, for the protagonist of Conrad’s story, Captain Whalley, the true life is the life of ships, and changes of fates onshore seem only laterally relevant, near unreal.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
Next came an exhibition around a creepy Howdy Doody-ish figure that met countless violent fates while being cast about mechanistically on chains in 2016.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of fates

Verb

When Cantu reaches towards Lopez and screams his wife’s name, a shot rings out and Lopez falls slightly off camera.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
Rather than extra long hair, think of a cut that falls somewhere below the collarbone, with enough layering or movement to keep it from feeling heavy.

— Laura Solla, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of falls

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What stood out most, however, was just how emotional the event was, particularly considering the many recent passings of some of our most beloved film and TV luminaries.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2026
When annual results are compiled each January, winners tend to be amateur grim reapers who predicted a mix of shocking young deaths and the passings of anyone over 90.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026

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