demise /di-mīzˈ/

1. A transferring by lease
2. Death (euphemistic or formal), as of a sovereign or a distinguished person
3. End, failure
4. A transfer of the crown or of an estate to a successor

1. To give to a successor
2. To bequeath by will
3. To transfer by lease

demīˈsable adjective

• firefight
• firefighter
• firefighters
• firefighting
• firefights
• fire-flag
• fire-flags
• fire-flaught
• fireflies
• firefloat
• firefloats
• firefly
• fire-grate
• fire-grates
• fireguard
• fireguards
• fire-hook
• fire-hooks
• fire hose
• fire hoses
• firehouse
• firehouses
• fire in one's belly
• fire insurance
• fire into the brown