perish
[verb]
Synonyms:
- die, be killed, expire, lose one's life, pass away
- be destroyed, collapse, decline, disappear, fall, vanish
- rot, decay, decompose, disintegrate, moulder, waste

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Antonyms: survive, endure
Contrasted words: flourish, prosper, thrive
Related Words: decline, collapse, go under, expire, succumb, disappear, vanish, cease, end

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English Thesaurus: die, pass away, pass on, lose your life, perish, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

per‧ish /ˈperɪʃ/ verb
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: perir, from Latin perire 'to be destroyed']

1. [intransitive] formal or literary to die, especially in a terrible or sudden way:
Hundreds perished when the ship went down.

2. [intransitive and transitive] especially British English if rubber or leather perishes, it decays

3. perish the thought! spoken old-fashioned used to say that you hope what someone has suggested will never happen:
If we lose, perish the thought, Watford will take first place.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

die to stop being alive, as a result of old age or illness:
I want to see Ireland again before I die.
No wonder your plants always die – you don’t water them enough.
His son died of liver cancer three years ago.
pass away to die – used when you want to avoid using the word ‘die’, in order to show respect or to avoid upsetting someone:
My wife had just passed away, and I didn’t want to be around people.
pass on to pass away – use this especially when you believe that the soul has a life after the death of the body:
I’m sorry, Emily, but your mother has passed on.
lose your life to be killed in a terrible event:
Hundreds of people lost their lives when the ship overturned in a storm.
perish literary to die in a terrible event – used especially in literature and news reports:
Five children perished before firefighters could put out the blaze.
give your life/lay down your life formal to die in order to save someone, or because of something that you believe in:
We honor the men and women who have given their lives in service of their country.
drop dead informal to suddenly die, when people do not expect you to:
One day, he came home from work and dropped dead of a heart attack.
kick the bucket/pop your clogs British English, buy the farm American English informal to die – used when you are not talking seriously about death:
It’s not like I’m going to kick the bucket tomorrow.

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