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- we watered the dying plants just in time
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of dying (Entry 3 of 3)
- the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign
Synonyms for dying
- checking out,
- conking (out),
- croaking
- [slang],
- deceasing,
- demising,
- departing,
- dropping,
- ending,
- exiting,
- expiring,
- falling,
- flatlining,
- going,
- kicking in
- [slang],
- kicking off
- [slang],
- parting,
- passing away,
- passing (on),
- pegging out
- [chiefly British],
- perishing,
- popping off,
- stepping out,
- succumbing
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- biting the dust,
- buying it
- (or buying the farm),
- giving up the ghost,
- kicking the bucket,
- snuffing it
- [British]
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- the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon
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- fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home
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“Dying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dying. Accessed 1 Aug. 2021.
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