PREDECEASED Synonyms: 41 Similar and Opposite Words

predeceased

verb

past tense of predecease

as in deceased

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According to court records, police found Dunn deceased in a motel room with bruises on her body, including her neck and face, and her eyelids were swollen and discolored.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
But when his attorneys Rob Turkewitz and Brian Knowles called his hotel, staff found Barnett deceased in his truck with a gunshot wound to the head — sparking months of speculation on the nature of his death.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

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The pair, who matched in black leather jackets and jeans, departed the building hand-in-hand and showed off their decorative handcuffs while sharing a steamy kiss.

— Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

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Jimerson and Brown, who died in 2020, were two of four people convicted of taking part in the murder and rape of 78-year-old Myrtle Holmes of Fordyce.

— Brett Barrouquere, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026
In the village of Bilbasovka in eastern Ukraine, a 13-year-old child and an adult died after Russian troops dropped bombs on private houses Sunday, according to local official Vadim Lyakh.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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Aphrodite Tsairis, whose daughter, Alexia, perished on Flight 103, had planned to travel to Washington for the start of the trial, along with other family members of victims.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026
Before the service began, a worshiper read aloud the names of some 200 parishioners who perished.

— Mery Mogollón, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of perished

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The city experienced a recent peak of 719 homicides in 2022, a year before Johnson took office, and ended last year with 416, according to Chicago police statistics.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
This is one family’s experience of their last year in Connecticut after major hospitals abruptly ended gender-affirming medical care for trans youth.

— Dr. SJ Job, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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