See demise in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
The act or fact of dying:
death, decease, dissolution, extinction, passing, quietus, rest1. (Slang) curtain (used in plural). See liveTo cease living:
decease, depart, die, drop, expire, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. (Informal) pop off. (Slang) check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker), pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See liveLearn more about demise