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die
verb as in pass away; stop living
verb as in wither, dwindle
Strong matches
abate, bate, crumble, decay, decline, degenerate, dilapidate, diminish, droop, ebb, fade, halt, lapse, moderate, molder, rankle, recede, retrograde, rot, sink, slacken, subside, wane, weaken, wilt
Weak matches
break down, ease off, fade away, fade out, fizzle out, go bad, go downhill, let up, lose power, melt away, peter out, run down, run low, run out, wear away
Example Sentences
Above ground, things live and die and disappear.
Overdose deaths take a while to be measured, but the agency’s predictive model suggests that once these numbers are finalized across states, the number of people to die from an overdose across this 12-month period will be approximately 96,000.
The fight was postponed in the summer when Tyson suffered a stomach ulcer; the Brooklyn fighter feared he might die.
"My son's 18. It's been really hard for him, he's faced with knowing that his mother is ultimately going to die soon."
The Legislature, the majority reasoned, had the power to make any policy decision it liked and had simply chosen, in its generosity, to allow women to ask for help if they would die otherwise.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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