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verb

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as in to perish
to stop living the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign

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as in to stop
to come to an end the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon

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as in to fail
to stop functioning fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home

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die

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noun

as in bones
a small cube marked on each side with one to six spots and usually played in pairs in various games he rolled the die, hoping for a six

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die (away or down or out)

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“Die.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/die. Accessed 27 Sep. 2023.

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