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Meaning of 'perish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Perish [ v. i.]
- To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
2 . Perish [ v. t.]
- To cause perish.

Meaning of 'perish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . perish [ v]
Meaning (1):
- pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Example in sentence:
  • She died from cancer;
  • The children perished in the fire;
  • The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102;
  • The patient went peacefully

Nearby Words:

per per- peract peracute peradventure peraeopod peragrate peragration perambulate perambulated

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