died
Left this world
Died is the past tense of die—to cease living.
A person, animal, or plant that died has stopped being alive: She died in her sleep, The flowers died from frost.
Extended uses follow naturally: a fire dies, a battery dies, an engine dies.
To say someone died laughing or nearly died of embarrassment is hyperbole for extreme reaction.
Final portion or cessation
- ceasedCame to an end
- goneNo longer present
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- demiseCessation of existence
expiration · perished · succumbed · terminal · last breath · flatline · no more · irreversible
State following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- mourningPeriod following loss
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
lamentation · tears · grieving · widow · widowed · orphan · orphaned · bereft
Without legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- absenceState of not being
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
missing · gone · departed · left behind · survivors · estate · inheritance · belongings
Change from one state
- crossingPoint where paths intersect
- departureAct of going away
- afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
- beyondFarther than something
hereafter · eternity · reincarnation · ascension · resurrection · spirit · soul · heaven
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- mortalityState of eventual death
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
- universalAffecting all equally
human condition · impermanence · transience · certainty · predetermined · appointed time · hourglass · borrowed time
end
Final portion or cessation
- ceasedCame to an end
- goneNo longer present
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
demise · expiration · perished · succumbed · terminal · last breath · flatline · no more · irreversible · permanent
bereavement
State following loss
anguish · lamentation · tears · grieving · widow · widowed · orphan · orphaned · bereft · condolences
void
Without legal effect
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- absenceState of not being
- desolationState of complete emptiness
deprivation · missing · gone · departed · left behind · survivors · estate · inheritance · belongings · unfinished
transition
Change from one state
beyond · hereafter · eternity · reincarnation · ascension · resurrection · spirit · soul · heaven · liberation
fate
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- mortalityState of eventual death
- inescapableImpossible to avoid
universal · human condition · impermanence · transience · certainty · predetermined · appointed time · hourglass · borrowed time · memento mori
- past tensewent, was, were, had, got
- malfunction termsbroke, crashed, failed, froze, glitched
- Done thingsfinished, done, accomplished, achieved, completed
- creedsNicene Creed, Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, creed, credo
- memorialsmemorial, memorial service, memorial statue, memorials, war memorial
diedwas born
Came into existence
lived · came to life · came into being · emerged · awakened