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Death
Euphemism

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Angels carried Him/Her away

Asleep

Awakened to eternal life

Before his/her time

Bereft of life

(The) Big Sleep

Bit the dust

Bite the big one

Bought a one-way ticket Bought the farm

Breathed his/her last

Called to Christ/Our Lord

Cashed in (or "out")

Cashed in his/her chips

Ceased to be

Checked into the Horizontal Hilton

Checked into the Motel Deep 6

Checked out

Climbed the stairway to heaven

Croaked
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Crossed over

Climbed the stairway to heaven

Croaked

Crossed over

Crossed the Great Divide

(A) Debt we all must pay

Power Up Your

Deceased

Deep Six

Defunct

Departed

Destroyed (generally used with pets)

Dirt nap

D.O.A. (acronym for "dead on arrival")

Do not pass Go; Do not collect $200

Entered eternal rest

Entered the Pearly Gates

Entered the Sweet Hereafter

Expired

Faded away

Feeding the worms (or "became worm food")

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Flatlined

Fragged (this term is popular with video-gamers)

Gave up the ghost Got his/her just reward

Gave up the ghost

Got his/her just reward

Got his/her wings

(The) Great Leveler

Hamlet sleep

His/Her number's up

Immortality-challenged

Is in a better place (don't say this to a grieving pet owner)

Is kaput

Is no more

Joined his/her ancestors

Journey's end

Kicked the bucket

Kicked the can

Kicked the oxygen habit

Knocked on heaven's door

Laid down his/her life

Late (as in "the late Mr. Jones")

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Launched into eternity

Leave/left this life

Left the building

Liquidated

Living-challenged

Lost his/her life

Met an untimely end

Met his/her maker

No longer counted in the census

Not going to shop at Walmart anymore

Out of business

Passed (probably the most common euphemism in use today)

Passed away

Passed the point of no return

Pass on

Pay/paid the piper

Relinquished his/her life

Resting

Resting in peace

Rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible

Shuffled off the mortal coil (by Shakespeare's Hamlet)

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Six feet under (the traditional depth at which a body is buried)

Sleeps

Sleep with the fishes

Slipped away

Substantive negative outcome

Succumbed

Surrendered his/her life

Snuffed out

Terminated

Toes up

Took a permanent vacation

Turn to dust

Walked the plank (Aargh, pirates be familiar with this one!)

Was called home

Went the way of all flesh

Went to be with the Lord

Went to Davy Jones' Locker

Went to the Happy Hunting Grounds

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