demise
noun
death or decease.
Example Sentences
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Along with the celebrities, the Loserbards also recounted the unusual demises of some otherwise unknown folks.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 27, 2022
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
No meagre substitute was supplied by forfeitures, by enforced demises of collegiate, capitular, and episcopal estates, by monopolies, and by letters of marque.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
