perish in English

verb

1

suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way.

a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease

synonyms: 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, cross the great divide, kick the bucket, turn up one's toes, shuffle off this mortal coil, buy it, croak, bite the big one, buy the farm, decease, depart this life

verb

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, cross the great divide, kick the bucket, turn up one's toes, shuffle off this mortal coil, buy it, croak, bite the big one, buy the farm, decease, depart this life
come to an end, die (away), disappear, vanish, fade, dissolve, evaporate, melt away, wither
go bad, go off, spoil, rot, go moldy, molder, putrefy, decay, decompose
expire, pass away, croak, exit, go, choke, decease, kick the bucket, drop dead, pass, die, pop off, snuff it, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, conk

Use "perish" in a sentence

1. We, too, shall perish, Abigail.”

2. And you will perish forever.

3. Flowers perish when frost comes.

4. Follow me or perish, sweater monkeys.

5. Me get married? Perish the thought!

6. Many perish in the cold.

7. Perish the thought, dear boy.

8. Crowns and thrones may perish.

9. Of course, they do it to receive a crown that can perish,+ but we, one that does not perish.

10. A similar number perish from AIDS .

11. But first your city will perish.

12. But he too will utterly perish.”

13. It will perish in its own self-absorption.

14. We must make sure that democracy does not perish.

15. Do not blacken your fame, and perish in dishonour!

16. Sunlight has caused the rubber to perish.

17. And may they become abashed and perish;+

18. Ob 10 —How did Edom “perish forever”?

19. Machines function. People either perish or prevail.

20. But why perish when there was an alternative?

21. For the wealth he has produced will perish.

22. And when the wicked perish, there is a joyful cry.

23. And those trampling others down will perish from the earth.

24. Under those conditions any crew would soon perish from exposure.

25. If we don't find water soon, we will perish.

26. “All those who take the sword will perish by the sword.”

27. The old reactions died hard, if they would ever perish at all.

28. If any oil gets on the car tyres, it will perish them.

29. His comrades perish , and Alfie becomes a German prisoner of war.

30. 31 So let all your enemies perish,+ O Jehovah,

31. We shall do it or perish in the attempt.

32. Innocent men were about to perish, all because of Jonah!

33. (Genesis 2:7; 3:19) When our brain dies, our thoughts perish.

34. He believes that Europe must create closer ties or it will perish.

35. “Two parts in it will be cut off and perish;*

36. Why did I not perish when I came from the womb?

37. Not that she wanted him to contact her - perish the thought!

38. Most of the butterflies perish in the first frosts of autumn.

39. God’s patience means salvation for many who would perish if he acted precipitously.

40. How is it that ye will perish, because of the hardness of your hearts?

41. And the whole house of Ahab must perish.’” —2 Ki. 9:6-8.

42. Where there is television, there also must be vision, or the people perish.

43. 10 He breaks me down on all sides until I perish;

44. Companies can perish before key power holders respond with concerted action.

45. But the prophet says where there is no vision the people perish.

46. Perishable goods would perish or would have to be warehoused at an additional cost.

47. Psalm 102:26 states that the earth and the heavens “will perish.”

48. Without it, we'll all perish, oxidize and rust, let my wretched self.

49. Surprisingly, however, Wycliffe did not perish at their instigation but died of paralysis.

50. The neighbours' children want to learn to play the trumpet, perish the thought!