demise

One of the earliest deaths came in 1926, when a 3-year-old wandered from his home on Narragansett Avenue and fell to his demise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

Vendor financing “helped make possible growth rates that did not seem possible,” Lisa Heffernan wrote in a 2004 book about the company’s demise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

"The important thing is not to let this be the beginning of the demise of international rule of law."

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Either you rallied behind Chud or you rooted for his demise; either way, he got paid.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

Hence one hypothesis for the demise of Australia’s and New Guinea’s giants is that they met the same fate around 40,000 years ago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

But we can also count on such demises being rendered in ways fitting to how the character lived.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 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

Just supposing the 'God of Surprises' Appeared in the glow of a coal, With a promise before he demises To take us away from this hole And do just whatever we long to do.

From Fanny Goes to War by Pat Beauchamp Washington

Having spent the past 20 years in Mississippi, the couple will be remembered by friends and family for amassing a collection of nearly 1,000 announcements of the demised.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2018

Photograph: Rebecca Jewell/Ghosts of Gone Birds They are all, alas, bleeding demised, passed on, no more, ceased to be, bereft of life and resting in peace.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 24, 2011

Perhaps never was he so proud of them as last September, when "Rudy," their favorite fox terrier, unhappily demised.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shortly after he learned to roll a safe game of Pool, his Governor demised.

From Ade's Fables by John T. McCutcheon

Shortly after he learned to roll a safe game of Pool, the Governor demised.

From Ade's Fables by George Ade

The bank infuriated unions last month when it described 3,166 job losses as "demising" roles.

From The Guardian ● May 28, 2013