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adjective

as in gone

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verb

past tense of pass away
as in died
to stop living the old woman passed away quietly

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Recent Examples of passed away
Verb
The reveal comes a little more than a month after the famed costume designer passed away at 87. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 In a news conference Friday, the leader of FIEL Houston, Cesar Espinosa, said the daughter had identified the man in the photo as his father, José Hector Jimenez Mendoza, who passed away almost a decade ago while trying to enter the United States. — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 The photo showed Gilbert playing with Punk’s dog Larry, who also passed away earlier this year. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026 Mohan Paswan passed away of a heart attack in May 2021, just months after his daughter brought him home. — Kamala Thiagarajan, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026 The Prince is also grieving the death of his private secretary, Nicholas Turnbull, who passed away in September. — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 10 Oct. 2026 However, for the first time, the man himself will not physically be there, as Davis passed away on June 22 at the age of 94. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026 Marshall shared the story of his late mother, who passed away 20 years ago due to cancer and during treatment, experimented with a short blond wig — a departure from her natural, larger-than-life red hair. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026 The onetime estate of Dolly Parton, who passed away in August at age 80 after a brief battle with cancer, has surfaced for sale in the exclusive Bird Streets neighborhood of Los Angeles for the first time in a quarter-century. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for passed away
  1. gone
  2. died
  3. deceased
  4. fell
  5. fallen
  6. perished
  7. departed
  8. checked out
Adjective
  • An America lost to time, remembered in photos The mall’s future is now determined — and its past reveals a version of America perhaps long gone.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Suddenly, photos, videos, or important documents are just… gone.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 May 2026
Definition of gone
Verb
  • 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, 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
Definition of died
Adjective
  • The search for a missing plane traveling to Grangeville, Idaho, ended after aircraft wreckage and a deceased pilot and passenger were found Sunday, according to a release from the Washington State Department of Transportation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Over the ceasefire’s first six weeks, 30 living hostages and eight deceased were released.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of deceased
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
Adjective
  • Brown and her relatives say the fallen officer tragedy has reignited their trauma and desperation for justice.
    — Liz Crawford, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Florida deaths involved a fallen tree and a man found in a closed garage with a running generator.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of fallen
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
Adjective
  • Judaism approaches these moments with deep sensitivity, offering guidance not to judge or criticize, but to bring dignity, comfort, and peace—to the soul of the departed and to those left behind.
    — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • Essential California checked out the trials, tested airport counters, walked through the terminal’s new gates and conversed with excited passengers looking forward to their next flight out of Burbank.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Staff described students as often seeming physically and mentally worn down and checked out.
    — Crystal Cederna, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of checked out

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“Passed away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20away. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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