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Meaning demise meaning

What does demise mean?

demise

— verb transfer by a lease or by a will — noun (= death, dying) the time when something ends it was the death of all his plans a dying of old hopes

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demise English » English

death decease die dying perish pass away end pass kick the bucket go expire exit croak snuff it ring down the curtain pop off passing pass on drop dead doom conk choke cash in one’s chips buy the farm transfer succumb join the choir invisible grant go to meet ones maker give-up the ghost end of life convey cease to be bequeath alienate yield up yield wite windup vanish vacate underlie transference the end of life the act of dying termination tail submit sign over roll over

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Conjugation demise conjugation

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demise · verb

Examples demise examples

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Simple sentences

He met his demise at the hands of a crowd of jealous husbands.
After the demise of Stalin, Korolev gained the support of the new leader, Nikita Khrushchev.
More than 65 million years ago, a large comet hit Earth, leading to the demise of the dinosaurs and most of the planet's other species.
The apocalyptical demise of mankind occurred soon after when humans stopped beaming the original Star Trek series into space.

Movie subtitles

The others were adamant that her demise had nothing to do with us.
I had nothing to do with Evan Whitestone's demise, or his puppy dog, Maureen Moffatt.
A plan that had probably been brewing for years. since your mother's demise.
For just as strange as a vampire's existence is the manner of its demise.
Following the tragic demise of my father, Duke Eberhard Ludwig, the rule of this blessed land has passed into my hands.
Demise?
Good night, Demise.
Listen, Miss Demise.
Demise.
Do you love Demise?
Demise is carrying your child.
No, Demise, not that!
Demise couldn't have.
If you wrote that letter and put it in the box yourself if you really made that call. then Demise would be done for.
I fear nothing, not even my own demise.
Your demise gains me nothing. I cannot claim your cyborg powers.
Then you'll die like Dr. Davenport met his demise.
I doubt whether he'd be more than momentarily concerned over my premature demise.
You realize, Mr. Holmes, that your demise will not take place here, the Corpus Delicti you know?
Eternal, unchanged and little moved. by the shortness of time between our planet's birth and its demise.
That, and a missing' gold piece that was known to have been on him just prior to his demise.
All I can see you're not taking your uncle's demise too hard.
Your demise in less than an hour can be attributed at least in part to my decision.
It concerns the demise of an old hunter and his dog.
Sad because of the recent demise of Rear Admiral Sir Hubert Marple.
You will also, of course, be reporting the unfortunate demise of Maj. Smith.
The valiant Hun's demise was in fact caused by enemies of the people.
Nobody's gonna weep at our demise.
We mustn't precipitate your demise. Pneumonia!
Eternal, unchanged and little moved. by the shortness of time between our planet's birth and demise.
Well, the unfortunate demise of your husband has left you quite a sizable estate.
For me, it's the demise of a few friends.
Not ours, but other hands Will arrange the demise of Ruslan!
Time passed, and by 1960, the struggle against US security dominance, the Kishi Cabinet's demise, Asanuma's assassination and othertumultuous events reflected the actual chaotic conditions ofJapan in those days.
But the demise of any living thing is painful to us.
Who would have thought its demise could be so protracted.
The sudden demise of Lieutenant Michaels has paid us an immediate dividend.
If you'd behaved as I have, I should've been pleased at your demise.
I want him to know that I, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen am the instrument of his family's demise the extinction of House Atreides and the ascendance of House Harkonnen.
The bizarre demise of Mrs. Ruby Deagle, widow of convicted stock-swindler Donald Deagle.
I drink to the demise of Fat Moe's Speakeasy.

News and current affairs

Of course, the demise of national states is not imminent, but not because they are so deeply rooted in the consciousness of their citizens.
In this sense, the US-led international order could outlive America's primacy in power resources, though many others argue that the emergence of new powers portends this order's demise.
Their fate and destiny have been inextricably linked, to the near demise of both at times.
But the army's bitter resentiment at the demise of Russia's superpower status, reinforced by the military's own humiliating loss of resources and prestige, is no less evident.
Eight years later, pinned down by a US Predator drone and French airstrikes, Qaddafi met his demise.
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, confounding those who had forecast his political demise, re-emerged at the head of a populist-rightist coalition that ended up only 0.3 percentage points away from winning.
That is why the debate over the Stability Pact was so important--and why its demise is so disconcerting: the Germans and the French proved willing to sacrifice little, if anything, for the common European interest.
Will it mark the apotheosis of an authoritarian regime or the beginning of its demise?
The demise of the old economic order will be hastened while the emerging private enterprise and new sectors will become ever more privileged.
Those who predict capitalism's demise have to contend with one important historical fact: capitalism has an almost unlimited capacity to reinvent itself.
Kennan was right: the dysfunctional features of Soviet system, and its over-extension internationally, would lead to its demise.
The status quo will argue that Enron is an exception: that its demise was due to fraud, that we have laws against fraud, and that those who violate these laws should and will bear the consequences.
True, Russian liberalism has contributed to its own demise, by its incompetence and factionalism.
With the demise of the Soviet Union, according to this argument, the bi-polar balance of power vanished and America became the world's only superpower, engendering resentment and envy - and hence a difficult time for US-European relations.
So what will happen when a transition is forced on the Palestinian movement by his demise?
Created after WWII to finance temporary imbalances of the members of a fixed-exchange rate system, the IMF has been in search of a cause since the demise of the dollar exchange-rate system in 1971.
In this sense, 2007-2009 is the capitalist equivalent of the communist demise of 1989-1991.
Bin Laden's demise, as welcome as it is, should in no way be equated with the demise of terrorism.
In September and October, the country's strategic forces engaged in their largest nuclear weapons-related exercises since the Soviet Union's demise.
In the end, Chinese outrage at North Korea usually gives way to refusal to play any part in the demise of its neighbor and one-time ally.
As a strong candidate to join the Standing Committee of the Politburo, China's inner circle of leadership, Bo's sudden demise was stunning.
Indeed, Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's deposed president, has only himself to blame for his political demise.

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