perish

Found in thesaurus: turn, change state

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perish
v. be destroyed; die; expire; wither, wilt; spoil

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perish

Verb
1. pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
(synonym) die, decease, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
(hypernym) change state, turn
(hyponym) suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
(verb-group) die


Babylon English-CzechDownload this dictionary
perish
v. zahynout

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perish
Czas. ginąć

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Perish
(v. t.)
To cause perish.
  
 
(v. i.)
To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About