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demises

  • plural of demise.
  • present tense form of demise (3rd person singular).

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If anything, the sentimentality of such demises lie not in the character’s fate but in an actor’s departure.

From Seattle Times Oct. 11, 2021

Outside the nine-episode series, the carving game is a legitimate children’s game that’s played in South Korea – sans gory demises.

From Fox News Oct. 10, 2021

Several grim demises later, it spoils nothing to say that she's a changed person.

From Salon Mar. 2, 2019

While such musicians as Robert Johnson were famed for their demises, many of the others were still alive, but with whereabouts unknown.

From Washington Post Sep. 21, 2017

Method of trial for demises alleged to have been unfairly obtained.—5.

From Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians by Johnson, Elias