DIED Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

died

verb

Definition of died next

past tense of die

as in perished

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

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as in stopped

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

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as in crashed

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

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started (up)

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Recent Examples of died The family had told her that everyone in the apartment had died—Samih, too, had succumbed to his wounds—but not that Zahra’s body was still missing. —

Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 21 May 2026 Two and a half years after Perry died, a June 5 auction will be offering 130 lots of his personal effects, with the proceeds going to his addiction and substance abuse foundation. —

Andy Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 20 May 2026 For two couples, the wives and husbands died about a year apart. —

Jann E. Freed, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 The nine-foot papier-mâché sculpture is covered with butterflies bearing the names of unhoused people who have died, and was created by members of the organization’s Studio 526 Creative Space on Skid Row. —

Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 New Mexico State Police say three of the four people who were found unresponsive inside the home have died and the other is being treated at a hospital in Albuquerque. —

ABC News, 20 May 2026 Jim Segel, Frank's friend and former campaign manager, confirmed to CBS News that the 86-year-old died Tuesday. —

Jon Keller, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Paul, who led The Fast and the Furious and sequels leading up to 2015’s Furious 7, died in a car crash in 2013 at age 40 before that installment’s completion. —

Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026 Mary Lovelace O’Neal, whose gestural abstractions consistently ran against the grain, defying the demands placed upon Black painters by critics and artists alike, died on Sunday in Mérida, Mexico. —

Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 13 May 2026

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That fire also claimed the life of Lance Garcia, 25, who perished saving his mother, who remains hospitalized in critical condition, unaware that her son made the ultimate sacrifice.

— Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026
The ‌annual event pays homage to the 27 million Soviet citizens who perished in that war.

— Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026