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