DIED Synonyms: 102 Similar and Opposite Words

died

verb

past tense of die

as in perished

to stop living the king died of old age after a long and fruitful reign

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Relevance

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as in stopped

to come to an end the storm died just as dawn was breaking over the horizon

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as in crashed

to stop functioning fortunately, when the engine died we were only two blocks from home

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started (up)

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of died In the town of Chhatak, also in the Sylhet region, the daughter of 30-year-old carpenter Humayun Rashid died unvaccinated in June aged nine months. — Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026 Four people died and dozens more were injured after a fire broke out at a Canadian military base in Alberta on Saturday, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday afternoon. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2026 Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and their daughter, Kaia Gerber, took to social media Sunday to remember Presley Gerber, who died at a rehab facility in Santa Monica, according to a report from the Los Angeles Medical Examiner. — ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026 An Air Force service member died Saturday after falling while rappelling from the rafters of the Alamodome ahead of UTSA's game against Navy. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026 One protester died in Paris after falling ill, according to Le Parisien. — Kahina Sekkaï, Vanity Fair, 18 Oct. 2026 The Audi driver was taken to an area hospital with critical injuries and later died, McCoy said. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026 This weekend has already seen a lot of beautiful moments of remembrance for Busch, the 41-year-old all-time great driver who died in May after his severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Oct. 2026 The men—six in total, now that Chuck Murphy has died—are in their sixties and seventies. — Cressida Leyshon, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for died

Verb

In some ski communities, such as Winter Park, entire mountainsides of trees perished, dramatically altering the landscape.

— Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026
Thanks to their efforts, only one car, two Vespas and a motorcycle perished in this flood, Navarrete said.

— Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of perished

Verb

Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.

— Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Yet trees that took a millennium to grow can be felled in under an hour.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of fell

Verb

After a weak showing in Iowa, Ramaswamy ended his campaign and quickly folded into the broader MAGA-verse.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
During the hearing, which ended without a decision, Reyes chastised the government attorneys, who had previously told the court that renovating the links was still in its conceptual stage.

— Rachel Treisman, NPR, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of ended

Verb

The quaternary ammonium and chlorine test strips were expired.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
The previous memorandum of understanding, covering 2025-26, expired in April, prompting months of negotiations during which union leaders accused the city of delaying a new contract.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026