v. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: DIE 1, ||croak, decease, demise, depart, expire, go, pass, pass away, succumb
Antonyms: survive
2 to suffer spiritual or moral death FF1C; nations perishing for lack of true leaders FF1E;
Synonyms: die
Related Words: decline; collapse, go under; expire, succumb; disappear, vanish; cease, end
Contrasted Words: flourish, prosper, thrive
Antonyms: endure
|| 3
Synonyms: DECAY , break down, corrupt, crumble, decompose, disintegrate, putrefy, rot, spoil, turn