die of

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to die as a result of a disease or bodily condition

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   die of something

   Usage: Of introduces the disease or bodily condition causing death: die of dehydration. It does not introduce the person who dies.

   Her grandfather died of heart disease at the age of eighty.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   Her grandfather died of heart disease at the age of eighty.

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