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Deceased

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deadnoun(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
decedentnoun(law, chiefly US) A dead person.
departednounHaving gone away.
asleepIn a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
at peace
goneAway, having left.
at restin a relaxed position, of soldiers
dead personnounsomeone who is no longer alive
dead soulnounsomeone who is no longer alive
deceased personnounsomeone who is no longer alive

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decedentnoun(law, chiefly US) A dead person.
deadnoun(usually not comparable) No longer living; deceased. (Also used as a noun.)
departednounHaving gone away.
goneverbAway, having left.
asleepIn a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting.
at peace
at restin a relaxed position, of soldiers
dead personnounsomeone who is no longer alive
dead soulnounsomeone who is no longer alive
deceased personnounsomeone who is no longer alive
defunctverbNo longer in use or active, nor expected to be again.
dieverb(intransitive) To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
deadlyCausing death; lethal.
doaInitialism of dead on arrival. [(of a patient) Found to be dead upon arriving at hospital.]
extinctverb(figurative) (biology) Of an animal or plant species or group of species, a group of people, a family, etc., having no living members, representatives, or descendants.
extirpated(of a species) Locally extinct (though alive elsewhere).
deathnounThe cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
expiredthat is no longer valid
fallennounHaving dropped by the force of gravity.
casualtynounA person suffering from injuries or who has been killed due to an accident or through an act of violence.

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