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adjective

as in gone

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verb

past tense of pass away
as in died
to stop living the old woman passed away quietly

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Recent Examples of passed away
Verb
Ulbrich was away from the team after his wife, Cristina, passed away July 26 following a long battle with cancer. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The first was Simon Gourdine, who took the role in 1974 and passed away in 2012. — Jabari Young, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026 The king, weakened by lung cancer, had passed away in his sleep at Sandringham. — Mathilde Engelmann, Vanity Fair, 31 July 2026 Steven Branfman is riding with Team Kermit in memory of his son, Jared, who passed away from brain cancer back in 2005. — Paul Burton, CBS News, 31 July 2026 Franco Baresi, the legendary former AC Milan defender and Italy international, has passed away at the age of 66. — Colin Millar, New York Times, 31 July 2026 Very sad to realize that all of the artists who made this album have passed away, Julee Cruise, Angelo Badalamenti, and David Lynch. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 31 July 2026 His father was a closeted gay man who came out very late in life, then passed away at the age of 80. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2026 Her nephew — her brother’s son — also passed away in 2023, and the family hopes to bury them together. — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 26 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passed away
  1. gone
  2. died
  3. deceased
  4. fell
  5. fallen
  6. perished
  7. departed
  8. checked out
Adjective
  • Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
  • Room by room, the author takes us through the house, now long gone.
    — Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2026
Definition of gone
Verb
  • The two crew members — one Greek and one Danish national — died when their helicopter collided with another near the seaside area of Psatha while tackling the fire that started Friday morning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator later determined the newborn died by homicide, finding that the child died from entrapment after being placed and tied inside a plastic trash bag beneath bloody paper towels and other garbage.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of died
Adjective
  • The majority are retirees, but the Social Security Administration (SSA) also provides regular income to disabled workers, widowed spouses and children of deceased workers.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 21 July 2026
  • The face of deceased founder Maurice White looms in the background.
    — DeAsia Paige, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of deceased
Verb
  • But the traps that felled Starmer lurk in most issues Burnham must tackle.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • Spain came into the game unbeaten in 36 games and took the lead from the penalty spot when Lucas Digne swung a leg without looking and felled Lamine Yamal.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 14 July 2026
Definition of fell
Adjective
  • Crews remained at the scene to help the power company with the fallen pole, the department said.
    — Mark Price July 27, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
  • Aemond finds himself at the mercy of the Harrenhal witch, Alys Rivers, while Aegon and Larys continue their misadventures near Rook’s Rest, where the fallen and crippled king must, for once, learn some humility.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Definition of fallen
Verb
  • Spencer Long, his wife and three sons perished while on a hiking trip.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas.
    — Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026
Definition of perished
Adjective
  • Judaism approaches these moments with deep sensitivity, offering guidance not to judge or criticize, but to bring dignity, comfort, and peace—to the soul of the departed and to those left behind.
    — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • Vegas played much of the night without center William Karlsson, who was being checked out on the bench for an apparent upper-body injury.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Mac Jones did not throw Wednesday because of a sore shoulder that checked out clean and should be ready for training camp, which is expected to open July 25 or 26.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Definition of checked out

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“Passed away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20away. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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