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croak, v.
(croaked, croaking, croaks)
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pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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buy the farm cash in one's chips choke conk croak decease die drop dead exit expire give-up the ghost go kick the bucket pass pass away perish pop off snuff it

sample sentences

"She died from cancer"
"The children perished in the fire"
"The patient went peacefully"
"The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

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derivationally related form

death death Death death death death

also see

die out die off die down die down

antonym

be born

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going

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expiration

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decease decedent

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exit

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passing

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hyponym

abort suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate buy it, pip out drown predecease starve, famish fall succumb, yield

hypernym

turn, change state

verb group

die fail, break, break down, die, go bad, give way, give out, conk out, go

make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3

croak gnarl grumble murmur mutter