dying

dy·ing
ˈdīiNG/
adjective
adjective: dying

    on the point of death.
    "he visited his dying mother"
    synonyms:	terminally ill, at death's door, on one's deathbed, near death, fading fast, expiring, moribund, not long for this world, in extremis; More
    informalon one's last legs, having one foot in the grave
    "his dying aunt"
        occurring at or connected with the time that someone dies.
        "he strained to catch her dying words"
        synonyms:	final, last; deathbed
        "her dying words"
        antonyms:	first
        gradually ceasing to exist or function; in decline and about to disappear.
        "stone-cutting is a dying art"
        synonyms:	declining, vanishing, fading, ebbing, waning; informalon the way out
        "a dying art form"
        antonyms:	thriving

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