See decease in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go for a burton"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go gentle into that good night"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go over to the majority"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go the way of all flesh"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go the way of the dinosaurs"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go the way of the dodo"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go the way of the dodo bird"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go to glory"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"word": "go to one's reward"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "go west"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "hand in one's checks"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "hand in one's dinner pail"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "hop the twig"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "join the choir invisible"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "keel over"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "kick the bucket"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "kick off"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "knock off"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "liquidate"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "lose my life for Jesus Christ"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "lose the number of one's mess"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "meet one's doom"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "meet one's end"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "meet one's maker"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"word": "pass"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"word": "pass away"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "pass in one's checks"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "pass in one's marble"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"word": "pass on"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"obsolete"
],
"word": "pass over"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "pass the river"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"word": "pay nature's debt"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"word": "pay the debt of nature"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "peg out"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "perish"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "pop off"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "pop one's clogs"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "shuffle off this mortal coil"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "sink"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"dated",
"literary"
],
"word": "sleep with one's fathers"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"tags": [
"euphemistic"
],
"word": "slip away"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "snuff it"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "succumb"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "take a dirt nap"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "turn up one's toes"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:die",
"word": "yield up the ghost"
}
],
"tags": [
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/dɪˈsiːs/"
},
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},
{
"rhymes": "-iːs"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "umiram",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "умирам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sǐwáng",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "死亡"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qùshì",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "去世"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "gå bort"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "décéder"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "expirer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "mourir"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "trépasser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "ableben"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "hinscheiden"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "dahinscheiden"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "morire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "takai suru",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "他界する"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "nakunaru",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "亡くなる"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shikyo suru",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "死去する"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "falecer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "fallecer"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "chết"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "mất"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to die",
"word": "qua đời"
}
],
"word": "decease"
}
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