DECEASE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • the event of dying or departure from life
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • her death came as a terrible shock
    • upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren
    Hypernyms(s) decease is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

DECEASE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • She died from cancer
    • They children perished in the fire
    • The patient went peacefully
    Hypernyms(s) decease is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Antonym(s) Hyponym(s) See Also Derived(s)