demise
noun
death or decease.
Example Sentences
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Their fanbase will often identify with them until such time as these outlaws finally meet their ultimate legal demises.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2024
Along with the celebrities, the Loserbards also recounted the unusual demises of some otherwise unknown folks.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
By beginning this review with their demises, I haven’t planted a spoiler.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2021
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
“He had written a lively book about the law of demises, with a vast quantity of marginal notes and references.”
From Bardell v. Pickwick by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald
