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   Per·ish

   /ˈperiSH/

   

   verb

   • 1. suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way: "a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease" Similar dielose one's lifebe killedfallexpiremeet one's deathbe lostlay down one's lifebreathe one's lastdraw one's last breathpass awaygo the way of all fleshgive up the ghostgo to glorymeet one's makergo to one's last resting placecross the great divideinformal:bite the dustkick the bucketcash in one's chipscroakflatlineturn up one's toesshuffle off this mortal coilgo the way of the dinosaursconk outbuy itsnuff itpeg outpop one's clogshop the twig/stickbite the big onebuy the farmcheck outhand in one's dinner pailgo bungliterary:exitarchaic:deceasedepart this life
   • ▪ suffer complete ruin or destruction: "the old regime had to perish" Similar come to an enddie (away)be destroyedcease to existdisappearvanishfadedissolveevaporatemelt awaypass into oblivionwitherOpposite livesurvive
   • ▪ (of rubber, a foodstuff, or other organic substance) lose its normal qualities; rot or decay: "most domestic building was in wood and has perished" Similar go badgo offspoilrotgo moldymolderputrefydecaydecomposedeterioratedisintegratefall apartcrumble

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French periss-, lengthened stem of perir, from Latin perire ‘pass away’, from per- ‘through, completely’ + ire ‘go’.

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