All demise synonyms
deΒ·mise
D d noun demise
- fate β something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.
- collapse β If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- downfall β descent to a lower position or standing; overthrow; ruin.
- dissolution β the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
- departure β Departure or a departure is the act of going away from somewhere.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- termination β the act of terminating.
- passing β going by or past; elapsing: He was feeling better with each passing day.
- curtains β death or ruin; the end
- dying β ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
- decease β death
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- annihilation β the act of annihilating
- quietus β a finishing stroke; anything that effectually ends or settles: Having given a quietus to the argument, she left.
- sleep β to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- silence β absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
- last out β to go on or continue in time: The festival lasted three weeks.
- lights out β Chiefly Military. a signal, usually by drum or bugle, that all or certain camp or barracks lights are to be extinguished for the night.
- death β Death is the permanent end of the life of a person or animal.
- finish β to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
verb demise
- throw in the towel β an absorbent cloth or paper for wiping and drying something wet, as one for the hands, face, or body after washing or bathing.
- knuckles β a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- fold up β a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
- cash in one's chips β to turn in one's chips for their equivalent in money
- perish β to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- knuckled β a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- leave behind β fail to bring
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- pass away β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- pack in β Hunting. a number of hounds, especially foxhounds and beagles, regularly used together in a hunt.
- pass on β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- give up the ghost β the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- flake out β flake out, Slang. to fall asleep; take a nap.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- give out β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- give over β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- knuckle β a joint of a finger, especially one of the articulations of a metacarpal with a phalanx.
- breathe one's last β When someone breathes their last, they die.
- pass β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- cash in β If you say that someone cashes in on a situation, you are criticizing them for using it to gain an advantage, often in an unfair or dishonest way.
- succumb β to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- od β a hypothetical force formerly held to pervade all nature and to manifest itself in magnetism, mesmerism, chemical action, etc.
- pack it in β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- use up β to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.