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Demise

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.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Transfer 76% connected

To convey from one place or person another; to transport, remove, or cause to pass, to another place or person; as, to transfer the laws of one count…

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Grave 76% connected

To clean, as a vessel's bottom, of barnacles, grass, etc., and pay it over with pitch; -- so called because graves or greaves was formerly used for t…

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Die 74% connected

of Dice

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Die 74% connected

of Dice

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Life 70% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Lifetime 70% connected

The time that life continues.

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Death 92% connected

The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dying 92% connected

of Die

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