deceases
Stops being alive
Deceases is the third-person singular form of decease, a formal or legal verb meaning to die.
The word appears most often in official documents and legal contexts: If the policyholder deceases before the term ends, benefits transfer to the beneficiary.
In ordinary speech, dies is standard.
Permanent cessations of life
- passingsInstances of dying
- demisesEnds of lives
- fatalitiesLosses of life
- expirationsDates validity ends
ends · losses · bereavements · perishing · succumbing · mortalities · endings · finals
Will validation proceedings
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- willsLegal inheritance documents
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
- next of kinNearest living family members
official records · registrations · declarations · notifications · documentation · succession · bequests · testaments
Ends of valid periods
- cardiac arrestsHearts stop pumping blood
- cessationsActs of ending
- clinical deathsHeartbeat and breathing halted
- pronouncementsFormal authoritative statements
causes · autopsies · postmortems · complications · morbidities
deaths
Permanent cessations of life
- passingsInstances of dying
- demisesEnds of lives
- fatalitiesLosses of life
expirations · ends · losses · bereavements · perishing · succumbing · mortalities · endings · finals · crossings
probate
Will validation proceedings
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- willsLegal inheritance documents
- beneficiariesThose who receive advantages
next of kin · official records · registrations · declarations · notifications · documentation · succession · bequests · testaments · executors
expiries
Ends of valid periods
- cardiac arrestsHearts stop pumping blood
- cessationsActs of ending
- clinical deathsHeartbeat and breathing halted
pronouncements · causes · autopsies · postmortems · complications · morbidities