decease meaning

decease as a noun

1. 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

   Synonyms: death, expiry

   Type of: change

   Kinds: Crucifixion, fatality, martyrdom, megadeath, passing, wrongful death

decease as a verb

1. 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: die, 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 it

   Type of: change state

   Kinds: abort, suffocate, buy it, drown, predecease, starve, fall, succumb

   Related forms: decedent

How to pronounce decease

decease is pronounced /dɪˈsis/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the second syllable.

Words that rhyme with decease

• release
• piece
• increase
• peace
• lease
• decrease
• grease
• police
• niece
• apiece
• crease
• obese
• cerise
• fleece
• caprice
• surcease