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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
Orlando also honored Remi Crépeau, Maxime’s father, who recently passed away. — Kyle Foley, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026 Anita Finley Derr Florida A stranger's hug My older brother passed away unexpectedly on December 30, 2019. — Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026 Related Articles Four years ago, shortly after her uncle passed away, Diaz was recovering from a stroke and had to relearn how to talk, walk, and paint. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026 This remarkable woman passed away in 2024, aged 92, and now her grandson René has taken the baton. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026 Gloria Steinem, the feminist icon who passed away this week at 92, spent decades fighting for women’s rights. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026 His father passed away this summer at 99 years old, one of three parental deaths among the league owners recently. — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026 The longest-reigning monarch in British history passed away just months later in September. — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 Parton, who passed away on August 25, 2026, at the age of 80, took that role seriously. — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 1 Sep. 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
  • On September 9, the Prince of Wales will represent the British royal family at the funeral of King Harald V of Norway, who died at 89 years old on August 28.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Dotson was taken to a hospital and died about nine hours after he was shot.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of died
Adjective
  • Some of the attacks were viciously personal, like about how a deceased family member deserved to die.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The pedestrian was transported to a nearby hospital by ambulance and was later pronounced deceased, police said.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of deceased
Verb
  • The goal came after Furuhashi got loose on a breakaway up the middle of the pitch, only to be felled by New England’s Will Sands in the center of the box, leaving referee Drew Fischer with an easy penalty call.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Mosaic terrazzo floors with a palm motif are nods to both Tiberius’s villas here and the Ethiopian palm that once stood like an icon outside the hotel, which was felled by a storm in the 1960s.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of fell
Adjective
  • So it’s supposed to be the narration of a fallen soldier, like the guy who’s actually dying.
    — Charles Moss, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Compost Fallen Leaves Instead of mowing, consider raking the fallen leaves into a compost pile.
    — SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of fallen
Verb
  • Four women and an infant are among the victims who perished, the organization confirmed to The Independent.
    — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
  • More than 1,100 people perished when a huge glacier and rock landslide high in the Himalayas triggered fast-moving floodwaters that struck Nepal and China on the morning of August 26.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 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
  • Lamb checked out of the room the next day, and a housekeeper found three large trash bags filled with bloody towels and linens that were also soiled with human waste, according to the report.
    — David Goodhue August 21, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of checked out

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