Resort to the noun demise when you describe the end, termination, or death of something or someone.
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
Noun
the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
n.
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or
successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of
the crown or royal authority to a successor.
n.
The decease of a royal or princely person; hence, also, the
death of any illustrious person.
n.
The conveyance or transfer of an estate, either in fee for
life or for years, most commonly the latter.
v. t.
To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to
grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
v. t.
To convey; to give.
v. t.
To convey, as an estate, by lease; to lease.
Demise
After the demise of the Queen [of George II.], in 1737, they [drawing-rooms] were held but twice a week.3.
Demise
What honor Canst thou demise to any child of mine?2.
His soul is at his conception demised to him.3.
Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.
To transfer or transmit by succession or inheritance; to grant or bestow by will; to bequeath.
Usage Examples
Dying before dying has two important consequences: It liberates the individual from the fear of death and influences the actual experience of dying at the time of biological demise.
The demise of Google Reader, if logical, is a reminder of how far we've come from the cuddly old 'I'm Feeling Lucky' Google days, in which there was a foreseeably-astonishing delight in the way Google's evolving design tricks anticipated what users would like.
Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do.
There's no one place a virus goes to die - but that doesn't make its demise any less a public health victory. Throughout human history, viral diseases have had their way with us, and for just as long, we have hunted them down and done our best to wipe them out.
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Other Usage ExamplesIn these days a man is nobody unless his biography is kept so far posted up that it may be ready for the national breakfast-table on the morning after his demise.
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.
I think it is that parents just don't kick their kids out the door as much as they used to. I think the demise of sandlot sports has had a lot to do with it.