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death

n. the event of dying or departure from life; "her death came as a terrible shock"; "upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren"

exit, go, die, expire, pass away, perish, pip out

v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"

death, dying, demise

n. the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"

termination, expiration, expiry

n. a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"

fade, fade out

v. become less clearly visible or distinguishable; disappear gradually or seemingly; "The scene begins to fade"; "The tree trunks are melting into the forest at dusk"

lessen, subside

v. wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"

leave, depart

v. remove oneself from an association with or participation in; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes"

pall, die, become flat

v. lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"

ebb

v. flow back or recede; "the tides ebbed at noon"

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

bleach, decolor, decolorize, discolorize, remove color from, bleach out

v. remove color from; "The sun bleached the red shirt"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

lapse

v. drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

pass, lapse, go by, go along, elapse, glide by, slip away, slide by, slip by

v. pass by; "three years elapsed"

pass, work, airt, make one's way, work one's way

v. go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"

withdraw, bow out

v. retire gracefully; "He bowed out when he realized he could no longer handle the demands of the chairmanship"

leave, exit, go out, get out

v. move out of or depart from; "leave the room"; "the fugitive has left the country"

retire, go into retirement

v. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position; "He retired at age 68"

die down, die back

v. suffer from a disease that kills shoots; "The plants near the garage are dying back"

weaken, become weak, die down, get weak, get weaker

v. become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days"

birth, nativity, nascency, nascence

n. the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"

come into existence, be born

v. come into existence through birth; "She was born on a farm"

come through, make it, pull through, survive

v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"

start, begin, commence, set about, set out, start out

v. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action; "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start?"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises!"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"

revive, come to, regain consciousness

v. return to consciousness; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection"

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, become better

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

wear, hold out, endure

v. last and be usable; "This dress wore well for almost ten years"

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