'pass away' definitions:
Definition of 'pass away'
From: WordNet
verb
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" [syn: die, decease, 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] [ant: be born]
verb
Go out of existence; "She hoped that the problem would eventually pass away"
Synonyms of 'pass away'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be all over,
- be annihilated,
- be consumed,
- be destroyed,
- be done for,
- be gone,
- be lost,
- be no more,
- be superseded,
- be wiped out,
- become extinct,
- become void,
- blow over,
- cash in,
- cease,
- cease to be,
- cease to exist,
- cease to live,
- come to naught,
- come to nothing,
- conk out,
- decease,
- dematerialize,
- demise,
- depart,
- depart this life,
- die,
- die away,
- die out,
- disappear,
- dispel,
- disperse,
- dissipate,
- dissolve,
- do a fade-out,
- drop,
- dwindle,
- elapse,
- end,
- erode,
- evanesce,
- evaporate,
- exit,
- expire,
- fade,
- fade away,
- fade out,
- fall,
- fall asleep,
- fall into disuse,
- flee,
- fleet,
- flit,
- fly,
- go,
- go away,
- go out,
- have it,
- have its time,
- hide,
- lapse,
- leave no trace,
- leave the scene,
- melt,
- melt away,
- melt like snow,
- obsolesce,
- part,
- pass,
- pass on,
- pass out,
- pass over,
- peg out,
- perish,
- peter out,
- put off mortality,
- quit this world,
- retire from sight,
- return to dust,
- run its course,
- run out,
- sink,
- sink away,
- stop breathing,
- succumb,
- suffer an eclipse,
- superannuate,
- up and die,
- vanish,
- vanish from sight,
- waste,
- waste away,
- wear away,
- wear off,
- yield the ghost