what does decease mean?
DECEASE as NOUN
- Meaning
- the event of dying or departure from life
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- 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
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DECEASE as VERB
- Meaning
- pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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- 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
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