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demise

[dih-mahyz] / dɪˈmaɪz /
NOUN
fate, usually death
Synonyms
STRONGEST
collapse departure dissolution downfall extinction failure passing termination
STRONG
annihilation curtains decease dying end ending expiration fall quietus ruin silence sleep
WEAK
final thrill last out last roundup lights out number's up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accomplishment beginning rise start success
STRONG
birth commencement construction creation opening

Example Sentences

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China’s economic and military ascendance after the Soviet Union’s demise changed that thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

News of millennial feminism’s demise has been met with much applause.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Sora’s demise points to more than the collapse of a big-media financial deal.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

It may be that one of NCP's biggest strengths - the hundreds of car parks it runs across the UK - actually ended up speeding up its demise.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

But if there had been any paleontologists living 67 million years ago, they could not have predicted the dinosaurs’ imminent demise, because asteroids belong to a field of science otherwise remote from dinosaur biology.

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