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Ceasing To Function Crossword Clue
There are 2 exact and 121 possible answers.
We've checked our database and believe the answer is
DYING which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
DYING
Updated: October 13, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "DYING" which means:
- adjective
- • In or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be noun
- • The time when something ends adjective satellite
- • Eagerly desirous verb
- • To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
- • To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
- • To yearn intensely.
- • To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
- • To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
- • To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
- • To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
- • (of a machine) to stop working, to break down.
- • (of a computer program) to abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
- • To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
- • To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
- • (often with "to") to become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
- • To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
- • To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
- • (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) to fail to evoke laughter from the audience.
- • To colour with dye, or as if with dye.
An example sentence would be:
- • "She is a dying old woman in need of medical attention."
- • "The dying flames of the fire flickered in the dark room."
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