demisede‧mise /dɪˈmaɪz/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
the imminent demise (=happening soon) of the local newspaper2 formal or law death: the mystery surrounding Elena’s untimely demise (=when death happens sooner than is normal or expected)—demise verb [intransitive]
WORD ORIGINdemise
Origin:
1400-1500 Anglo-French, Old French demis ‘sent away’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- My parents had mixed feelings about the President's demise.
- Details regarding the firm's demise are a little hazy, and the matter has now been referred to the Fraud Squad.
- Far better, with the demise of lifetime employment, to switch to a notion of lifetime employability.
- Hierarchy has added immense value to the world, and pundits who call for its demise are either fools or cynics.
- It came together only to ensure the demise of Mr Milosevic's lot.
- Occasionally he would seek to expedite his victim's demise as best he could.
- This can easily cause anorexia and finally the demise of the stressed subject.
- This is best reflected in the demise of the Yiddish-language press in New York.
- When the long-delayed demise of the dinosaurs finally occurred, the crash was spectacular.
WORD SETS
asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY the imminent demise (=happening soon) of the local newspaper the mystery surrounding Elena’s untimely demise (=when death happens sooner than is normal or expected)COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1formal the end of something that used to existdemise of the imminent demise (=happening soon) of the local newspaper the mystery surrounding Elena’s untimely demise (=when death happens sooner than is normal or expected)· But it is neither an elegy of the novel nor a grim prediction of its imminent demise.
· The chain of events I sparked off nearly led to my untimely demise.
VERB· Certainly, the decline of the feudal force did not lead to the demise of the traditional leadership in war.· The inherent conflicts embodied in their creation has subsequently led to their demise in many countries.· Open access would lead to the demise of such long-term contracts.
the imminent demise (=happening soon) of the local newspaper2 formal or law death: the mystery surrounding Elena’s untimely demise (=when death happens sooner than is normal or expected)—demise verb [intransitive]