verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
people
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But the prophet says where there is no vision the people perish .
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In Charleston, where people would rather perish . than seek professional counseling, she was a godsend.
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Where there is television, there also must be vision, or the people perish .
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Machines function. People either perish or prevail.
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Without it, it is not an exaggeration to fear that the people will perish .
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The prophet was right when he said that without a vision the people perish .
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Fire broke out in an old, litter-strewn stand which soon became a death trap in which fifty-six people perished .
thought
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In Soho, perish the thought ?
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Not at all, Watson, perish the thought !
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Not that she wanted him to contact her - perish the thought !
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Everyone aboard the ship perished when it sank off the coast of Maine.
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Five children perished before firefighters could put out the blaze.
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Sanchez perished in a mudslide in 1985.
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We must make sure that democracy does not perish .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All of us would have perished of exposure and hunger had we not recaptured our ponies.
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But by far the majority perish , before they are even hatched - or at least before they reach maturity and breed themselves.
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But in 1691 the boy was reported to have fallen accidentally from a second-story window and perished.
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Even so, 10,000-20,000 birds have perished.
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He is believed to have perished fairly early in the prolonged series of guerrilla activities he inaugurated against Rome.
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Most domestic building was in wood and has perished, but some of the great mural fortresses survive.
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Sandy Lee Gilmore perished in the early morning blaze at her terraced home on the Drumtara estate.