息いき絶たえる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

to die; to breathe one's last

A somewhat literary or dramatic way to say 'to die', emphasizing the moment the breath stops. Not used in casual everyday speech.

• 彼かれは家か族ぞくに見み守まもられながら静しずかに息いき絶たえた。

  He quietly breathed his last, surrounded by his family.

• 事じ故こで多おおくの人ひとが息いき絶たえた。

  Many people died in the accident.