Synonym: death, dying. Similar words: premise, pandemic, academic, epidemic, remiss, chemistry, emission, euphemism. Meaning: [dɪ'maɪz] n. the time when something ends.
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61. And does the demise of the dogwood have some sort of larger meaning for the forest trees with which it associates?
62. Hierarchy has added immense value to the world, and pundits who call for its demise are either fools or cynics.
63. The chain of events I sparked off nearly led to my untimely demise.
64. In retrospect, Reed's exit from the NBA last year may be the beginning of the agreement's demise.
65. The demise of the Longhorn, however, was as dramatic and sudden as its success.
66. The inherent conflicts embodied in their creation has subsequently led to their demise in many countries.
67. The corporation was allowed no say in an authoritative international arena in its own demise.
68. The demise of Woosung could have a chain reaction on other subcontractors relying on a government helping hand, analysts said.
69. The official reason given for the committee's demise was that it had indulged in counterrevolution and illicit dealings with foreign powers.
70. But it is neither an elegy of the novel nor a grim prediction of its imminent demise.
71. The only witness to the robbery had met his demise possibly due to the blows to his head sustained during the robbery.
72. Following the demise of the canal, the old wharf buildings found a new use as hay barns for the adjoining farm.
73. The late Charles Olson led Black Mountain through its final flourishing and oversaw its demise.
74. The renunciation of any attempt to tax was at once cause and symptom of the state's demise.
75. Funding themselves through training remains a problem for many students, given the virtual demise of discretionary grants. Sentencedict.com
76. Far better, with the demise of lifetime employment, to switch to a notion of lifetime employability.
77. The branch line had survived for a few years as a single line until its final demise.
78. But its demise was further justification to the movie industry that musicals are the kiss of death.
79. However, its rigorous rules of membership brought about its early demise.
80. What about the...Cretan thalassocracy, whose catastrophic demise is...incontrovertible?
81. His demise is as shrouded in mystery as ever.
82. They contribute to the plant's own demise.
83. I know what demise means, Mr. Bartholomew.
84. It was extinction by dilution, and to the ornithologists it was just as tragic as the more dramatic demise of the passenger pigeon or the Carolina parakeet.
85. Essentially, The Devil's Casino dates Lehman's ultimate demise back to that cataclysmic power struggle.
86. The demise of the boozy lunch is one more sign of the U. S. influence, which pervades Mexico's middle-class.
87. The Union built fortifications, gathered up troops, and planned Hood's demise.
88. Given the lesson of the British Empire's demise, it would be foolish to base current policy on the assumption that China will hit a fatal speed-bump before it is able to supplant the U.
89. The lamp in a home theater projector is costly - thus an early demise can be unsettling.
90. The Registrar may serve on the owner, demise charter or representative person, and on each mortgagee (if any) of the ship, a notice .
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