demise

Preposition: of

• communism: With the demise of Soviet communism, however, the entire movement was dealt a decisive blow.
• USSR: However, during the last decade, since the demise of the USSR, Cuba has faced increasing economic difficulties.
• dinosaur: In other words, the lower strength of the impact seems likely to have been relatively unimportant to the demise of the dinosaurs.
• socialism: Finally, it is impossible to shut our eyes to the problem created by the demise of socialism: the search for meaning.
• empire: They were blamed for everything from the death of kings to the demise of great empires to the creation of plagues.
• steam: He witnessed the demise of steam, the arrival of new motive power and the eventual restructuring of the nation's railroad network.

Object

• premise: It is to " keep the demised premises open for retail trade.

Converse of object

• hasten: They believed this would hasten the demise of Soviet communism.
• mourn: It seems no one was mourning the demise of the man who made Labor electable.
• bemoan: He bemoaned the demise of Community Touring: Hijinx doing one community tour per year is not enough.
• herald: The Decline of Athens The growth of Macedon's power under Philip II heralded the demise of Athens as a major power.
• predict: Meta Group recently predicted the demise of desktop PCs over the coming few years, in favor of portable computers.
• accelerate: The huge financial savings that new technology brings with it, accelerates the demise of the old.

Adjective modifier

• untimely: Despite his untimely demise, 2Pac has continued to release a steady stream of the material recorded prior to his death.
• eventual: This blow to the overall prestige of the Riley marque would prove to be a contributory factor in its eventual demise.
• imminent: What has this got to do with the imminent demise of the randomized trial?
• impending: It gives way and Sarah falls to her impending demise.
• sad: Unfortunately these pictures show the sad demise of this giant.
• premature: Yes even tho it brought about My premature demise, All this I'd do and more for just One fondle of your thighs.

Modifies a noun

• charterer: The issue arose out of a cargo claim against a demise charterer by the buyer of goods under a straight consigned bill of lading.