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perish Definition

per·ish (per′is̸h)

intransitive verb

  1. to be destroyed, ruined, or wiped out
  2. to die; esp., to die a violent or untimely death

Etymology: ME perischen < extended stem of OFr perir < L perire, to go through, perish < per-, through (see per) + ire, to go: see year

perish Idioms

perish the thought!

do not even consider such a possibility!

perish Synonyms

perish

v.

die, pass away, be lost, depart; see die 1. See syn. study at die.

perish Usage Examples

Object

  • thought: We may even be becoming trendy, perish the thought!
  • crew: The remainder of the crew perished with their plane on impact with the ground.
  • passenger: All but five of the passengers perished under the water.

Modifying Another Word

  • miserably: Are they fit keepers of it, vile as they have made themselves, and doomed to perish miserably?
  • eternally: If we do not, we will perish eternally!
  • likewise: If you don't repent you will all likewise perish!
  • utterly: They cannot withstand us, but will utterly perish.

Followed by an intransitive particle

along: His son who perished along with him was the oldest of a family of five.

Used with why or when

when: But what kind of right is that which perishes when force fails?

Preposition: in

  • flame: The remainder, more than a hundred in all, perished in the flames.
  • storm: Alas the thorn perished in a storm in 1980.
  • crash: We have been informed that Roy perished in a glider crash.
  • disaster: A list of the 81 who perished in the disaster is included here.
  • camp: Research on Irish people of all religions who perished in the camps is, sadly, in its infancy.
  • fire: Sadly, the pair of horses he drove perished in the fire of 25th February 1902.

Preposition: of

hunger: Another group, made up of German children, went to Italy; most of them perished of hunger and disease.

Preposition: from

  • hunger: Today, another 5,500 will die from AIDS, 685 mothers will die and several thousand more will perish from hunger.
  • earth: Or everyone... all of mankind will perish from earth.

Preposition: with

hunger: The Danes " ... had devoured the greater part of their horses; and the rest had perished with hunger.

Preposition: by

sword: They who ever taken the sword have perished by the sword.