cease to be
End one's existence
To cease to be is to stop existing—a somewhat formal or literary way of saying something no longer is what it was or no longer exists at all.
The company ceased to be profitable after the merger.
When he died, he simply ceased to be.
The phrase often carries philosophical or euphemistic weight, as in Monty Python's famous dead parrot sketch: He's not pining, he's passed on... ceased to be.
- deathCessation of life
- meet one's endTo die
- breathe one's lastTo die
- kick the bucketSlang for dying
- bite the dustFail or perish utterly
halt · end · come to an end · no more · stop · annihilation · extinction · vanishing · conclusion · perish · obliteration · obsolescence · nonexistence · shutdown · termination · fading · disappearance · fade away
cease to bebegin
To start something
start · commence · originate · arise · come about
cease to belive
To exist or dwell
thrive · flourish · come alive · be born · come to life
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