He met his demise at the hands of a crowd of jealous husbands.
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Demise
//dɪˈmaɪz//
Synonyms for "demise" (155 found)
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Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (47)
Related words (77)
Noun(10 words)
final summonsfinger of deathgivegivinggogoinggoing offgravehandhand downhand of deathhand onhand overjaws of deathknelllast debtlast musterlast restlast rounduplast sleep
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lease and releaseleaveleaving lifelossloss of lifemake overmaking an endnegotiatepartingpasspass awaypass onpass outpass overpassingpassing awaypassing overperishperishingquietusreleaserestrewardsalesellsentence of deathsettlesettlementsettlingshades of deathshadow of deathsign oversilencesleepsomatic deathsuccumbsummons of deathsurrendertradetradingtransfertransferencetransmissiontransmittransmittalturn overvesting
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1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
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10 entriesTranslations
94 translations across 26 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- dood noun (death — see also death, decease)
Armenian
2 entries- մահ noun (death — see also death, decease)
- վախճան noun (death — see also death, decease)
Bulgarian
3 entries- предаване по наследство noun (transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor)
- прехвърляне noun (the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years)
- смърт noun (death — see also death, decease)
Catalan
4 entries- caiguda noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- defunció noun (death — see also death, decease)
- desaparició noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- fallida noun (end, downfall, or failure)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 逝世 noun (death — see also death, decease)
Czech
3 entries- konec noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- zánik noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- úmrtí noun (death — see also death, decease)
Dutch
4 entries- dood noun (death — see also death, decease)
- falen noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- neergang noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- overdracht noun (the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years)
Esperanto
2 entries- forpaso noun (death — see also death, decease)
- morto noun (death — see also death, decease)
Finnish
2 entries- kuolema noun (death — see also death, decease)
- poismeno noun (death — see also death, decease)
French
4 entries- chute noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- disparition noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- fin noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- mort noun (death — see also death, decease)
German
4 entries- Besitzübertragung noun (transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor)
- Niedergang noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- Scheitern noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- Tod noun (death — see also death, decease)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוות noun (death — see also death, decease)
Hungarian
1 entries- bukás noun (end, downfall, or failure)
Ido
3 entries- falo noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- fino noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- nesuceso noun (end, downfall, or failure)
Ingrian
2 entries- koolema noun (death — see also death, decease)
- surma noun (death — see also death, decease)
Italian
3 entries- decesso noun (death — see also death, decease)
- falio noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- morte noun (death — see also death, decease)
Kazakh
1 entries- ажал noun (death — see also death, decease)
Macedonian
4 entries- крај noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- пре́нос noun (the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years)
- преда́вање по на́следство noun (transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor)
- префрлу́вање noun (the conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for life or for years)
Māori
2 entries- tāwhatitanga noun (death — see also death, decease)
- whakahinganga noun (end, downfall, or failure)
Occitan
4 entries- casuda noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- décès noun (death — see also death, decease)
- fin noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- fracàs noun (end, downfall, or failure)
Persian
1 entries- فوت noun (death — see also death, decease)
Polish
2 entries- zgon noun (death — see also death, decease)
- śmierć noun (death — see also death, decease)
Portuguese
4 entries- cessão noun (transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor)
- colapso noun (end, downfall, or failure)
- falecimento noun (death — see also death, decease)
- fim noun (end, downfall, or failure)
Russian
4 entries- ги́бель noun (death — see also death, decease)
- кончи́на noun (death — see also death, decease)
- переда́ча по насле́дству noun (transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor)
- смерть noun (death — see also death, decease)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- bàs noun (death — see also death, decease)
- caochladh noun (death — see also death, decease)
- eug noun (death — see also death, decease)
Spanish
1 entries- quiebra noun (end, downfall, or failure)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Before its demise in October 1994, Magellan was able to collect radar images of 98% of Venus' surface.
Source: tatoeba (3958400)
After the demise of Stalin, Korolev gained the support of the new leader, Nikita Khrushchev.
Source: tatoeba (3958873)
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.
Source: tatoeba (6285350)
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