Demise and Suicide

Demise

Demise noun - The permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities.

Usage example: inherited all of the estate upon the sudden demise of his grandfather

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Suicide and demise are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suicide" instead a noun "Demise".

Nearby Word: demised

Suicide noun - The act of deliberately killing oneself.

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Demise and suicide are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Demise" instead a noun "Suicide".

Nearby Words: suicidal, suicided, suiciding

complete	complete demise	complete suicide
certain	certain demise	certain suicide
original	original demise	original suicide
genuine	genuine demise	genuine suicide
Other adjectives: actual, violent, unfortunate, slow, tragic, peaceful, supposed, ultimate, past, final, apparent, accidental, impending, eventual, sudden, alleged.

At the same time, this is a suicide played straight, as Lelouch crafted it after falling out of hope following Nunnally's apparent demise and the Black Knights' betrayal.

Source: Suicide by Cop
In the Song of the Lioness quartet, this brings about the demise of King Roald, although this is largely viewed as a suicide because of his grief at the death of his wife.

Source: Horse Jump
The demise of his patients is rarely even his fault (the most recent death was a penny in a light socket; cited as "stupidity, not suicide" by Van).

Source: Webcomic / A Loonatic's Tale

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