as in dead
no longer living
the recently deceased tenant was found by a concerned neighbor
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as in died
to stop living
no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased
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Recent Examples of deceased
Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2026
Upon arrival, paramedics performed an assessment and declared the person deceased, the SFFD reports.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 2 Jan. 2026
Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 27 Apr. 2018
Sarah Volpenhein, jsonline.com, 28 Dec. 2025
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and found a person deceased at the scene.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 19 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
During a walkthrough of the property, deputies found one deceased bird and another with injuries consistent with cockfighting.
—Noun
GEDMatch is one of the databases used by the DNA Doe project, a non-profit that works to name the deceased who remain unidentified.
—Verb
First responders found the 61-year-old, who was not named in the release, deceased in a bedroom, according to the release.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for deceased
Adjective
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The cemetery of good but dead laws is infinite; the main thing is that social forces exist.—
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These ghosts, which take the form of their dead friends, are mostly just goofy, with the shoddy special effects and glowy auras giving the whole thing a distinctly Haunted Mansion vibe; critically, the threat never feels real, which undermines any tension.—
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Reports from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner previously confirmed that the Reiners' official causes of death were multiple sharp force injuries, with the manner of death listed as homicide for both decedents.—
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Inside the residence, officers discovered 2 decedents.—
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One of those rescued, a female landfill worker, died while being brought to a hospital, regional police director Brig.—
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Josh's father Jay Cardiello announced his son's death in a social media post and shared that his son died while playing basketball.—
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The Uxbridge, Massachusetts police department announced that the wake and funeral for fallen officer Stephen LaPorta will be held next week.—
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Luckily, fallen snow can act as natural insulation and actually provide some shelter from freezing temperatures.—
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Israel wiped out entire cities with nothing left but an abundance of rubble mixed with thousands of corpses stuck underneath.—
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And now one of those corpses could soon be Evelyn’s.—
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The faceless head of a man bobbing in the water recalls the countless Africans who perished during the perilous journey due to disease, malnourishment, and abuse, whose bodies were thrown overboard by unscrupulous ship captains and slavers to schools of sharks.—
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Six others on board also perished.—
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Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022 prompted unified Western sanctions, massive military aid, and rhetorical solidarity, but by late 2025, strategic divergences had widened amid battlefield stalemates, economic fatigue, and diplomatic initiatives.—
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Ahmad Moten was fortunate not to be called for what was clearly a late hit.—
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The at-bats were brief and uneventful, the opposite of the approach that carried Toronto to this stage and felled Snell in Game 1.—
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That says a lot about the 2025 Red Sox, who were a top offensive team in many metrics, but were also felled by their bats in crucial spots throughout the year and postseason.—
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“Deceased.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deceased. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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