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DEMISE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DEMISE?

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Demise as a Noun
Definitions of "Demise" as a noun
Synonyms of "Demise" as a noun (21 Words)
Usage Examples of "Demise" as a noun
Demise as a Verb
Definitions of "Demise" as a verb
Synonyms of "Demise" as a verb (7 Words)
Usage Examples of "Demise" as a verb
Associations of "Demise" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Demise” are: death, dying, passing, passing away, passing on, loss of life, expiry, expiration, end, departure from life, final exit, disintegration, fall, downfall, ruin, transfer, transference, transferral, granting, ceding, devolution, give the right of, give the title of, grant, cede, devolve, lease

Demise as a Noun

Definitions of "Demise" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “demise” as a noun can have the following definitions:

The time when something ends.
The end or failure of an enterprise or institution.
Conveyance or transfer of property or a title by will or lease.
A person's death.

Synonyms of "Demise" as a noun (21 Words)

ceding	The act of ceding.
death	The personification of death. It was the death* of all his plans.*
departure from life	The act of departing.
devolution	Descent to a lower or worse state. The devolution* of power to the regions.*
disintegration	The spontaneous disintegration of a radioactive substance along with the emission of ionizing radiation. A disintegration* of personality.*
downfall	A heavy fall of rain or snow. His intractability will prove to be his downfall.
dying	The time when something ends. A dying* of old hopes.*
end	Either of the halves of a sports field or court defended by one team or player. He held up his end.
expiration	Euphemistic expressions for death. The expiration* of the lease.*
expiry	The end of a fixed period of time. The expiry* of his driver s license.*
fall	A waterfall or cascade. A fall* from virtue.*
final exit	An examination administered at the end of an academic term.
granting	A contract granting the right to operate a subsidiary business.
loss of life	Euphemistic expressions for death.
passing	In sport the action of passing a ball to another team member. His play showed good passing* and control.*
passing away	The end of something.
passing on	A play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate.
ruin	Destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined. They explored several Roman ruins.
transfer	The act of transfering something from one form to another. The transfer* of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise.*
transference	The redirection to a substitute usually a therapist of emotions that were originally felt in childhood in a phase of analysis called transference neurosis. Education involves the transference* of knowledge.*
transferral	The act of moving something from one location to another. The transferral* of ownership in the form of a takeover.*

Usage Examples of "Demise" as a noun

Mr Grisenthwaite's tragic demise.
The demise of industry.

Demise as a Verb

Definitions of "Demise" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “demise” as a verb can have the following definitions:

Transmit (a sovereign's title) by death or abdication.
Convey or grant (an estate) by will or lease.
Transfer by a lease or by a will.

Synonyms of "Demise" as a verb (7 Words)

cede	Give up (power or territory. In 1874 the islands were ceded to Britain.
devolve	Grow worse. The Empire devolved into separate warring states.
give the right of	Give (as medicine.
give the title of	Offer in good faith.
grant	Give (a right, power, property, etc.) formally or legally to. Grant a degree.
lease	Grant property on lease let. Land was leased from the Duchy of Cornwall.
transfer	Transfer from one place or period to another. I transferred my stock holdings to my children.

Usage Examples of "Demise" as a verb

The demised property.
The manor and the mill were demised for twenty-one-year terms.

Associations of "Demise" (30 Words)

casualty	A decrease of military personnel or equipment. He went to casualty* to have a cut stitched.*
decease	Die. Upon your decease* the capital will pass to your grandchildren.*
deceased	Dead. The deceased* man s family.*
die	A cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male external screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods. She died to worldly things and eventually entered a monastery.
doom	An unpleasant or disastrous destiny. Everyone was aware of the approaching doom* but was helpless to avoid it.*
dying	Occurring at or connected with the time that someone dies. The dying* moments of the match.*
end	Bring to an end or halt. They rode to the end* of the line.*
euthanasia	The painless killing of a patient suffering from an incurable and painful disease or in an irreversible coma.
expiry	A coming to an end of a contract period. The expiry* of his driver s license.*
extinction	The reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and radiation. A private debt extinction* fund.*
final	The final approach of an aircraft to the runway it will be landing on. The decision of the judging panel is final.
finis	The concluding part of any performance. The market was up at the finish.
garrote	An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.
holocaust	An act of mass destruction and loss of life (especially in war or by fire. A nuclear holocaust.
inter	Place (a corpse) in a grave or tomb, typically with funeral rites. He was interred with the military honours due to him.
intestacy	The situation of being or dying without a legally valid will.
intestate	Having made no legally valid will before death or not disposed of by a legal will. He died intestate.
knell	Proclaim something by or as if by a knell. Emails and text messages are sounding the knell* for the written word.*
last	The last mention or sight of someone or something. Your letter of Sunday last.
misadventure	An instance of misfortune. The coroner recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.
moribund	Not growing or changing; without force or vitality. The moribund* commercial property market.*
mortality	Death, especially on a large scale. Post operative mortality* was 90 per cent for some operations.*
mortuary	A room or building in which dead bodies are kept, for hygienic storage or for examination, until burial or cremation. Mortuary rituals.
perish	(of rubber, food, etc.) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay. Must these noble hopes perish* so soon.*
quietus	Death or something that causes death, regarded as a release from life.
remembrance	The action of remembering the dead. A chapel of remembrance.
rip	A fraud or swindle a rip off. The tornado ripped along the coast.
sepulchral	Suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial. Hollow sepulchral* tones.*
suffocate	Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe. They suffocated in their sleep.
suffocation	The state or process of dying from being deprived of air or unable to breathe. Prisoners told accounts of suffocations and shootings.