死しに別わかれる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be separated by death; lose someone to death

Refers to the permanent separation caused by the death of a loved one. Often used in contrast with 生き別れる (to be separated while alive).

• 幼おさない頃ころに両りょう親しんと死しに別わかれた。

  I was separated from my parents by death when I was little.

• 戦せん争そうで多おおくの家か族ぞくが死しに別わかれた。

  Many families were torn apart by death during the war.