PERISH


Meaning of PERISH in English

v. 25B6; verb

millions of soldiers perished : DIE, lose one's life, be killed, fall, expire, meet one's death, be lost, lay down one's life, breathe one's last, pass away, go the way of all flesh, give up the ghost, go to glory, meet one's maker, go to one's last resting place, cross the great divide; informal kick the bucket, turn up one's toes, shuffle off this mortal coil, buy it, croak; Brit. informal snuff it, pop one's clogs; N. Amer. informal bite the big one, buy the farm; archaic decease, depart this life.

must these hopes perish so soon? : COME TO AN END, die (away), disappear, vanish, fade, dissolve, evaporate, melt away, wither.

the wood had perished : GO BAD, go off, spoil, rot, go mouldy, moulder, putrefy, decay, decompose.

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