demise
the death
TRANSLATION
demise: der Niedergang demise: der Untergang demise: die Abtretung demise: die Besitzverpachtung demise: die Besitzübertragung demise [jur.]: das Ableben demise [jur.]: der Tod LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
'Quick' demise for the dinosaurs -- The dinosaurs may have met a very quick end. New research suggests the fearsome creatures could have been wiped from the face of the Earth in as little as 10,000 years.
(BBC News - Thursday, 8 March, 2001)
(BBC News - Thursday, 8 March, 2001)
Did you
know?
Death or extinction is not a pleasant subject to talk about. That's why the more formal sounding word demise is often preferred, especially in writing.
"The demise of the company founder was accompanied by much sadness".
Here are some more synonyms for "not being alive":
asleep, belly up, bloodless, blooey, breathless, buried, cadaverous, checked out, cold, cut off, deceased, defunct, departed, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, inanimate, inert, late, lifeless, liquidated, mortified, no more, not existing, offed, passed away, perished, reposing, rubbed out, snuffed out, spiritless, stiff, unanimated, washed up, wasted
"The demise of the company founder was accompanied by much sadness".
Here are some more synonyms for "not being alive":
asleep, belly up, bloodless, blooey, breathless, buried, cadaverous, checked out, cold, cut off, deceased, defunct, departed, done for, erased, expired, extinct, gone, inanimate, inert, late, lifeless, liquidated, mortified, no more, not existing, offed, passed away, perished, reposing, rubbed out, snuffed out, spiritless, stiff, unanimated, washed up, wasted
