Search for a Standard Model-like Higgs boson decaying to WW or ZZ in the mass range 145 to 1000 GeV

A search for a heavy Higgs boson using several final states in the H $\rightarrow$ WW and H $\rightarrow$ ZZ decay channels is reported. The search is based upon proton-proton collision data samples corresponding to an integrated luminosity of up to 5.1 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s} =$ 7 TeV and up to 19.7 fb$^{-1}$ at $\sqrt{s} =$ 8 TeV, recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. A Higgs boson with Standard Model-like couplings and decays in the mass range of 145 GeV $< m_{H} <$ 1000 GeV is excluded at 95$\%$ confidence level. The results are also interpreted in the context of an electroweak singlet extension of the Standard Model.