Grave and Passing

Grave

Grave noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.

Usage example: a rock star who found his early grave in a plane crash

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Passing and grave are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Passing" instead a noun "Grave".

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

Passing noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.

Usage example: the precise moment of his passing was recorded by the machines at his bedside

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Grave and passing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Grave" instead a noun "Passing".

Nearby Words: pass, passage, passed, passable, passingly

Viewers aren't even shown his grave, it's only mentioned in passing that he died.

Source: Bus Crash
I Regret Nothing: Said lovingly by Alan at Eileen's grave when he posthumously forgives her for not passing on Celia's message after she moved to Sheffield.

Source: Series / Last Tango In Halifax
As one passing mention is made of her grave, she's also implied to have been killed in the film, but this is never elaborated upon.

Source: Film / A Million Ways to Die in the West

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