Synonyms for pass away
pass away

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1. die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff itverb

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

   "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"

   Synonyms:
   fall, function, come about, perish, murmur, give way, elapse, hold out, pass out, run, go past, lead, top, give out, put across, go by, devolve, conk out, operate, cronk, travel, occur, last, die, scrag, fade, go away, excrete, reach, go, move, spend, rifle, slide by, asphyxiate, foul, breathe out, turn over, run low, die out, plump, legislate, happen, egest, fret, authorise, exceed, fleet, get out, drop dead, overstep, endure, give, draw, make it, congest, blend in, run short, pop off, get going, locomote, back up, choke off, expire, make pass, suffocate, grumble, slip away, authorize, live, return, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, go out, fail, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, lapse, belong, mutter, clog, pass off, give-up the ghost, go bad, become flat, survive, blow over, get, take place, gag, snuff it, overhaul, throttle, become, go through, evanesce, live on, communicate, hand, croak, clog up, run out, choke, swoon, fit, go across, sound, overtake, transcend, glide by, gnarl, exhale, extend, start, depart, decease, faint, stifle, pall, pass, proceed, break down, clear, exit, conk, stall, travel by, buy the farm, hold up, pass along, break, go along, surpass, guide, pass by, leave, strangle, work, pass on

2. pass awayverb

   go out of existence

   "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"

   Synonyms:
   go, perish, conk, croak, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, drop dead, exit, pop off, buy the farm, die, choke, pass, expire, snuff it, decease

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1. pass away

   Synonyms:
   elapse, lapse, pass, glide, slip away

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1. The Talmud:

   He that is ambitious of fame destroys it. He that increaseth not his knowledge diminishes it. He that uses the crown of learning as an instrument of gain will pass away.

2. Cara Cullen:

   On March 31, my mother-in-law was one of the first people to pass away from this virusin Massachusetts. ... I do know how serious this is, i dont think this is a hoax. I think its serious. And my four children never saw their grandmother again and havent been able to properly grieve.So I do recognize how real this virus is.

3. Betsy Boyd via AP:

   He’s on immunosuppressant drugs, so he could get an infection, anything could happen. If Stan did pass away sooner rather than later, I’d know I had done what I could for him. We’ve already had a few really good weeks. He’s really happy, and that alone is worth the price.

4. Abraham Lincoln:

   It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words And this, too, shall pass away.

5. Chief Executive Darren Julien:

   Celebrities' auction values always increase when they pass away as they are no longer using or creating new items. It takes them to another iconic status when they pass away, like Marilyn Monroe and Michael Jackson would always be remembered, Kobe was young, vibrant because he did not age.