| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To suddenly lose all health or strength: break (down), cave in, collapse, crack, drop, give out. Informal : crack up. Slang : conk out. Idioms: give way. See HEALTH. 2. To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish. Informal : pop off. Slang : check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker) , pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See LIVE. 3. To give in from or as if from a gradual loss of strength: bow1, buckle, capitulate, submit, surrender, yield. Informal : fold. See RESIST.
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