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demise

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of demise

1 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

  • inherited all of the estate upon the sudden demise of his grandfather
Synonyms of demise

curtains, death, decease, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, expiry, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep
Words Related to demise

casualty, fatality

martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide

annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter
Near Antonyms of demise

existence, life

creation, genesis, origination, rise
Antonyms of demise

birth, nativity

2 the act of ceasing to exist

  • the gradual demise of the Roman Empire over the course of several centuries
Synonyms of demise

death, expiration, expiry, termination
Words Related to demise

dispersion, dissolution

cessation, close, conclusion, decease, discontinuance, doom, end, ending, finish, halt, lapse, passing, quietus, shutdown, shutoff, stop, stoppage, surcease

suicide

annihilation, destruction, ruin
Near Antonyms of demise

existence, persistence, prolongation

inauguration, initiation, institution, origination
Antonyms of demise

alpha, beginning, birth, commencement, creation, dawn, genesis, inception, incipience, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start

3 a loss of status

  • after her demise as the doyenne of New York society, the mere mention of her name was regarded as a faux pas
Synonyms of demise

comedown, decline, dégringolade, descent, down, downfall, fall, flameout, Götterdämmerung
Words Related to demise

breakdown, burnout, collapse, crash, meltdown, ruin, undoing

defeat, disappointment, reversal, setback

bottom, nadir

abasement, disgrace, humiliation
Near Antonyms of demise

advance, headway, progress

flower, heyday, prime
Antonyms of demise

aggrandizement, ascent, exaltation, rise, up

demise

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of demise

to stop living

  • our much beloved, recently demised leader
Synonyms of demise

check out, conk (out), croak [slang], decease, depart, die, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], part, pass (on), pass away, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb
Words Related to demise

predecease

consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail
Phrases Synonymous with demise

bite the dust, buy it (or buy the farm), give up the ghost, kick the bucket, snuff it [British]
Near Antonyms of demise

come to, revive

linger

be, exist, subsist

flourish, prosper, thrive
Antonyms of demise

breathe, live

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