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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life;
- Example: "She died from cancer"
- Example: "The children perished in the fire"
- Example: "The patient went peacefully"
- Example: "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
[syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

buy the farm
    v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
         functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
         cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient
         went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
         of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit,
         pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in
         one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost,
         drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant:
         be born]