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dying
A ceasing to live or exist; death
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  1. A ceasing to live or exist; death
decease
The act of dying; death.
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  1. The act of dying; death.
passing
A means or place of passing
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  1. A means or place of passing
  2. Death.
  3. The act of one that passes or the fact of having passed:
death
(Person) The personification of death, usually pictured as a skeleton in a black robe, holding a scythe
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  1. (Person) The personification of death, usually pictured as a skeleton in a black robe, holding a scythe
  2. The end of life; the permanent cessation of vital bodily functions, as manifested in humans by the loss of heartbeat, the absence of spontaneous breathing, and brain death.
  3. A manner of dying:
dissolution
Annulment or termination of a formal or legal bond or relationship.
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  1. Annulment or termination of a formal or legal bond or relationship.
  2. The termination, cessation, or winding up of a legal entity such as a corporation or partnership; the consensual or judicially ordered undoing of a contract by placing the parties back into the positions they held before entering into it; the termination of a marriage. The termination, cessation, or winding up of a legal entity such as a corporation or partnership; the consensual or judicially ordered undoing of a contract by placing the parties back into the positions they held before entering into it; the termination of a marriage.
  3. The ending of life; death
extinction
(Astronomy) The dimming of celestial objects, usually measured in magnitudes, due to scattering and absorption of their light as it passes through interstellar dust clouds and the earth's atmosphere.
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  1. (Astronomy) The dimming of celestial objects, usually measured in magnitudes, due to scattering and absorption of their light as it passes through interstellar dust clouds and the earth's atmosphere.
  2. A dying out
  3. The fact of being extinct or the process of becoming extinct:
passing
A means or place of passing
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  1. A means or place of passing
  2. The act of one that passes; specif., death
  3. Death.
quietus
Discharge or release from debt, obligation, or office
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  1. Discharge or release from debt, obligation, or office
  2. Anything that serves to quiet, curb, or end an activity
  3. Discharge or release from life; death
rest
That or those remaining:
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  1. That or those remaining:
  2. A period of inactivity, relaxation, or sleep:
  3. The repose of death:
decease
(Archaic) To die
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  1. (Archaic) To die
depart
To set out; start
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  1. To set out; start
  2. To die
  3. To go away from; leave:
die
(Informal) To desire something greatly:
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  1. (Informal) To desire something greatly:
  2. To cease operation; stop:
  3. To mold, stamp, cut, or shape with a die
drop
To come to an end or to nothing
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  1. To come to an end or to nothing
  2. To fall; come down
  3. (Informal) To get rid of or eliminate (something unneeded, unwanted, or problematic)
expire
To come to an end; terminate:
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  1. To come to an end; terminate:
  2. To breathe one's last breath; die
  3. (Archaic) To give (something) off.
go
To be such, by and large:
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  1. To be such, by and large:
  2. (Informal) To urinate or defecate:
  3. To be discarded or abolished:
pass
To go, take place, or be accepted without question, dispute, or challenge
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  1. To go, take place, or be accepted without question, dispute, or challenge
  2. To cause to go by:
  3. To go by; move by or past
perish
To die; esp., to die a violent or untimely death
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  1. To die; esp., to die a violent or untimely death
  2. To bring to destruction; destroy:
  3. To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner:
succumb
To give way (to); yield; submit
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  1. To give way (to); yield; submit
  2. To submit to an overpowering force or yield to an overwhelming desire; give up or give in.
  3. To die, especially from a disease or injury.
croak
To talk dismally; foretell evil or misfortune; grumble
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  1. To talk dismally; foretell evil or misfortune; grumble
  2. (Slang) To die.
  3. (Slang) To kill
kick in
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money.
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  1. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To contribute, especially to a collection of money.
  2. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To start or connect suddenly.
  3. To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards.
Find another word for demise. In this page you can discover 38 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for demise, like: dying, decease, passing, death, death, decease, dissolution, extinction, passing, quietus and rest.

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  • The demise of war, now that is inevitable.

  • Darian had quieted as the scenes of his violent demise played through her dreams.

  • Apparently the more picturesquely awful the manner of the demise, the greater its attractive force.

  • The elections held on the demise of the Crown resulted in a partial victory for the Caps, especially among the 1771- lower orders; but in the estate of the peasants 1792.

  • at the will of both, for if a demise be made to hold at the will of the lessor, the law implies that it is at the will of the lessee also and vice versa.

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