DIED Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

died

verb

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 Instead, three of those whales have died, along with another Shedd whale that did not come from Marineland. — Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026 This was a place that had died, a place where life no longer existed. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 Four American tourists died on Friday after a building collapsed due to a gas explosion in Athens, Greece, in a neighborhood near the Acropolis. — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 27 Sep. 2026 In Russia’s Belgorod border region, a woman died in a hospital Sunday after being wounded in a Ukrainian strike, regional authorities said. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026 Investigators determined the motorcyclist died in a single-vehicle crash. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2026 According to Rolling Stone, Jennings died in February 2002 due to complications from diabetes. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026 Raye, Sombr, and Teddy Swims will perform a tribute to George Michael, who died nearly a decade ago. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2026 Cora, 5, and Dawson, 3, died at the scene, but their youngest, 8-month-old Callan, was still alive when first responders arrived. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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Pries’s suggestion, known as the inverse Galois problem, was inspired by the work of the 19th-century French mathematician Évariste Galois, who perished after he was wounded in a gun duel at age 20.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
As a result, more people have now died of environmental illnesses that followed the September 11 attacks than perished during the collapse of the towers that day.

— Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of perished

Verb

As referees stopped Charlie Adams’ corner kick to separate a pair of players in the box, Adams whispered for Barea to come closer.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 4 Oct. 2026
The Cougars were stopped at the UCF 3 on consecutive drives before Overmyer fumbled at the UCF 7 and into the end zone, recovered by the Knights.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of stopped

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Here again, actors deploying crypto’s financial heft crashed through boundaries that would have earlier been difficult for artists to circumnavigate without having achieved legitimacy through more conventional pathways in existing hierarchies.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The plane that crashed was built in 1994 and originally went into service as a passenger plane before being converted to carry cargo in 2016, according to the NTSB report.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of crashed

Verb

Over the course of Next Gen NYC’s season, which ended this past week, the model Ava Dash grabs a slice of pizza on Fulton Street; strolls through the Seaport; and calls her father, the hip-hop mogul Damon Dash, from a bench at Pier 17.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 29 Sep. 2026
But the optics changed for James — a four-time NBA champion who has won titles with three different teams — once the Knicks ended their drought without needing his help.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of ended

Verb

The county has failed to provide evidence that the quarry owner’s reclamation plan wouldn’t substantially interfere with animals’ movement, wrote Kim Freeburn, an environmental program manager with the department.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026
In the end, Michigan had one more shot to make a stop to seal the win and failed.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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