1. Cease to live
   "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102";
   - die, decease [archaic], perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], give up the ghost [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on

Derived forms: kicks the bucket, kicking the bucket, kicked the bucket

Type of: change state, turn

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