1
as in to perish
to stop living
the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign
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2
as in to stop
to come to an end
the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon
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3
as in to fail
to stop functioning
fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home
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Recent Examples of die
Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Nov. 2025
The Associated Press learned the identities of four of the men - and pieced together details about at least five others - who were slain, providing the first detailed account of those who died in the strikes.
—NPR, 8 Nov. 2025
Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
This is a full-fledged system on a chip (SoC), with the central processor, graphics processing, Neural Engine, and unified memory all on a single silicon die.
—PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025
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The Tarrant County Medical Examiner will publicly identify the person who died.
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How to live 9 years longer Billy Joel famously sang that only the good die young.
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They were doomed to perish in the fires of hell.—
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Harold Cunningham/Getty Outside Le Constellation, Federico Gelle, a 17-year-old from Italy's Tuscany region, lit a candle for so many teens his own age who had perished.—
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Several vehicles that stopped behind her appear to belong to federal agents, based on activity observed in other videos.—
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The prioritization for that new safety should probably be in coverage skills, because Moehrig and Ransom are known more for their run-stopping and tackling prowesses.—
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If the settlement failed to cover the amount owed, some funders went after the women for the remainder.—
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Owner Mark Davis has failed for years to find answers, and this time around, Tom Brady appears to be taking control of the rebuild.—
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Police also confirm in court papers that additional bones and eight corpses were discovered in a storage locker.—
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Torney was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable blood cancer with recurring tumors that eat away at bone marrow, damaging bones and the immune system.—
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Two things happened on that blustery back-to-school morning that fell exactly a month after my eleventh birthday.—
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Midway through the third quarter, true freshman linebacker Mason Posa, buried on the depth chart just weeks ago, ripped the ball loose at Washington’s 7-yard line and fell on it himself.—
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The administration has quietly directed diplomats to press allies on restricting inflows, enhancing deportation mechanisms, and ending policies perceived as favoring migrants over citizens.—
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This abuse of justice must end.—
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The video ends with the sound of the SUV crashing into a parked car.—
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Her vehicle accelerated down the road, crashing into parked cars nearby.—
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Trim away any roots that have succumbed to root rot.—
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Vasquez-Trinidad succumbed to her injuries two days after the crash, the outlets reported, citing the New York Police Department.—
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“Die.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/die. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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