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- noun Plural form of
demise . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
demise .
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Examples
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The reason being that most premature deaths from smoking were long, drawn-out and expensive demises from lung cancer but rather sudden death from heart disease.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » I’m Almost Glad I Am Getting Old… 2010
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Sure, a few of the on-screen demises (just over a dozen out of just-under fifty) involved pain and suffering, but most were spectacularly quick and completely painless.
Scott Mendelson: Goodbye John: A Farewell to Saw, as Jigsaw Lays His Last Trap Scott Mendelson 2010
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I've been forced to watch quite a few of those with my wife, most of them aren't nearly as sloppy and misogynistic most of the men get quick and/or noble deaths, most of the women get long and leeringly graphic 'awesome' demises as this one.
Scott Mendelson: 2010 in Review: The 'Worst' Films of the Year Scott Mendelson 2011
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Failing businesses, unemployment, factories closing, product demises, and salespeople unable to hit their quotas are just a few examples of being competitive.
Grant Cardone: Competition Breeds Failure and Mediocrity Grant Cardone 2011
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Whereas there is just so much death here; debutantes and shady Arabic experts, they slide into nooses, they tumble down stairs; the starring role played by gravity in all these demises is, I believe, testament to the creator's reluctance.
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I've been forced to watch quite a few of those with my wife, most of them aren't nearly as sloppy and misogynistic most of the men get quick and/or noble deaths, most of the women get long and leeringly graphic 'awesome' demises as this one.
Scott Mendelson: 2010 in Review: The 'Worst' Films of the Year Scott Mendelson 2011
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I've been forced to watch quite a few of those with my wife, most of them aren't nearly as sloppy and misogynistic most of the men get quick and/or noble deaths, most of the women get long and leeringly graphic 'awesome' demises as this one.
Scott Mendelson: 2010 in Review: The 'Worst' Films of the Year Scott Mendelson 2011
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Failing businesses, unemployment, factories closing, product demises, and salespeople unable to hit their quotas are just a few examples of being competitive.
Grant Cardone: Competition Breeds Failure and Mediocrity Grant Cardone 2011
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Their final films got big publicity boosts from their untimely demises.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment Greg Cox 2010
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It feels as if the filmmakers were just trying to kill time with most of the scenes, as opposed to using that time to actually develop the characters and make the audience care at least a little about their demises.
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