passed (on)

verb

Definition of passed (on)next
past tense of pass (on)
as in died
to stop living my grandfather passed on at the age of 92

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  1. died
  2. fell
  3. perished
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  • One person died and three others were hospitalized following a fire at a residential complex in Bridgeport on Monday.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Michael Brewer, one-half of Brewer & Shipley, has died.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of died
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  • Similar patterns follow after European contact: When settlers felled northern Wisconsin’s white pine forests, tribes like the Menominee turned to trees such as hemlock and butternut.
    Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Tent poles, for instance, are made from trees that have been naturally felled by elephants, and the whole camp runs on solar power.
    Nicholas DeRenzo, AFAR Media, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of fell
Verb
  • The people who lived here over 5,600 years ago ate mostly plants, farmed, and some may have perished in an accidental fire.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Previous studies of these bones proposed that the inhabitants perished in a house fire.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of perished
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passed off

passed (on)

passed out

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“Passed (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/passed%20%28on%29. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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