death or decease.

termination of existence or operation

the demise of the empire.

Law .

a death or decease occasioning the transfer of an estate.

a conveyance or transfer of an estate.

Government . transfer of sovereignty, as by the death or deposition of the sovereign.

Law . to transfer (an estate or the like) for a limited time; lease.

Government . to transfer (sovereignty), as by the death or abdication of the sovereign.

Law . to pass by bequest, inheritance, or succession.

noun

birth

noun

annihilation , collapse , curtains , decease , departure , dissolution , downfall , dying , end , ending , expiration , extinction , failure , fall , final thrill , last out , last roundup , lights out , number’s up , passing , quietus , ruin , silence , sleep , terminationnotes:demise is the time when something ends or death; surmise is a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete or little evidence , rest , death , expire , termination

verb

decease , depart , drop , expire , go , pass away , pass , perish , succumb