decease

Meaning

Noun

Death, departure from life.

Verb

1. (archaic) To die.
2. (formal, transitive) To cause to die.

Synonyms

die

💀

death

💀

expire

pass away

perish

demise

buy the farm

conk

exit

croak

go

kick the bucket

pass

check out

pop off

snuff it

end of life

choke

cash in one’s chips

drop dead

dying

give-up the ghost

depart

departure

pass on

end

🔚

ring down the curtain

going

fate

expiry

cease to be

go to meet ones maker

join the choir invisible

expiration

vanish

succumb

doom

passing

wite

bite the dust

case of death

complaint

destruction

disappear

dissolution

drop

fatality

give up the ghost

leaving

march off

Translations

décéder

mourir

💀

morire

💀

πεθαίνω

sterven

💀

decesso

💀

overlijden

💀

décès

💀

sterben

💀

fallecer

morrer

💀

expirer

succomber

passer l’arme à gauche

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈsiːs/

Etymology

From Old French deces (Modern French décès), from Latin dēcessus (“departure”).