Decease and Thrive

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Decease verb - To stop living.

Usage example: no one knows what happened to the family fortune after the spinster deceased

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Thrive is an antonym for decease.

Nearby Words: deceased, deceasing

Thrive verb - To grow vigorously.

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Decease is an antonym for thrive.

Nearby Words: thriving, thrived, thriven

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