pass away

Speech parts

1. pass away - Verb

2. pass away - Phrase

Meaning

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

go out of existence

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

die expire perish decease croak kick the bucket buy the farm cash in one's chips pass exit depart choke go part conk
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Antonyms

live exist breathe endure dwell be
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Hypernyms

end turn stop finish cease terminate

Hyponyms

fall suffocate yield drown abort starve

Examples

Loveliest of lovely things are they on earth that soonest pass away. The rose that lives its little hour is prized beyond the sculptured flower. William Cullen Bryant

The chains of military despotism, once fastened upon a nation, ages might pass away before they could be shaken off. William Henry Harrison

For everything exists and not one sigh nor smile nor tear, one hair nor particle of dust, not one can pass away. William Blake

The road to Hades is easy to travel; at any rate men pass away with their eyes shut. Bion of Borysthenes

We cling to our own point of view, as though everything depended on it. Yet our opinions have no permanence; like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away. Zhuangzi

Woman's beauty, the forest echo, and rainbows, soon pass away. German Proverb

Words in the phrase

pass away

Close letter words and terms

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