Expire
Expire verb - To stop living.
Usage example: made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards
Predecease and expire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Predecease" instead a verb "Expire".
Predecease
Predecease verb - Die before; die earlier than.
Usage example: She predeceased her husband
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