FLATLINES Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

flatlines

verb

present tense third-person singular of flatline

as in dies

to stop living the patient was fading fast, and doctors expected him to flatline before the night was over

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Recent Examples of flatlines Leaders become the bottleneck, the team defaults to the law of least effort, and performance flatlines. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026 However, in practice, the drama of this World War II spy saga seldom lives up to the filmmaker’s lofty aesthetic goals, resulting in a tale of torture and human fragility that flatlines long before its central martyr. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 17 May 2026 Take women out of the equation, and middle-class income essentially flatlines for four decades. — Katica Roy, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026 Every time the plot hits the reset button, the tension flatlines. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025

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Jaime is charged with protecting the dog and the property — which Isabel’s human heirs can only claim once Prince dies.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Aliet decides, after Kiju dies, to return permanently to her homeplace.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of dies

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The company says its reactor’s electrical output falls within the range of a high-performance vehicle drivetrain.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
If Colorado’s 2027 first-round pick is not transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs or if its 2028 first-round pick falls within the top 10, Nashville instead gets Colorado’s 2029 first-round pick.

— Peter Baugh, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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In The Children, sister and brother Guinevere and Ennis grow up under the shadow of their mother, Edith Sharpe, whose Ninth City children’s book series transfixes the world until Edith perishes in a mysterious fire in Vermont.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too.

— Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025

Definition of perishes

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Wolf succumbs to Shura, a demonic force in the game’s mythology that possesses those who give in to bloodlust.

— Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Vhagar dies in the crash and Caraxes succumbs to his injuries a few days after crawling out and into the bowls of Harrenhal.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

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