1
as in to die
to stop living
12 people perished in the plane crash
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2
as in to decompose
chiefly British
to go through decomposition
after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out
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Recent Examples of perish
Thus, only a few AI startups that achieve significant breakthroughs, such as closing the gap between advertised and actual capabilities and enhancing commercial viability, are likely to survive and justify their valuations, while the majority perish.
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Tomas Milar, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
No wonder that, even though tumors regularly shed cells, most escapees perish or languish without successfully establishing themselves as metastases.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
As recovery teams continue to search the rubble for survivors — and to remove those who have perished — people living in the city of Mandalay are struggling to live without electricity or clean water.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
McDonald said investigators won’t know if that twin perished in the fire until investigators can begin going through the debris of it.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Tomas Milar, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
No wonder that, even though tumors regularly shed cells, most escapees perish or languish without successfully establishing themselves as metastases.
—Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025
As recovery teams continue to search the rubble for survivors — and to remove those who have perished — people living in the city of Mandalay are struggling to live without electricity or clean water.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
McDonald said investigators won’t know if that twin perished in the fire until investigators can begin going through the debris of it.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perish
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After her victory, France paid tribute to her son Henry, who died from leukemia last year.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
4 May 2025
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Steven Burns is about to get another chance to convince commissioners that the same man who left Catina to die that night, is a changed man.—
Erin Moriarty, Liza Finley,
CBS News,
4 May 2025
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Communities also found decomposing bodies floating past their homes, leaders said.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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Inside the home, authorities found the 70-year-old’s body dismembered and decomposing in 14 plastic bags, police said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
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Last night, the Rockies were 0-for-7 after falling behind 1-2.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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As a result, trade between the two sides is falling sharply, according to logistics experts.—
Juliana Liu,
CNN Money,
10 May 2025
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The Void is able to disintegrate victims in a puff of shadow.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
2 May 2025
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The pair were belly deep in the rapids by that point, while the nest continued to disintegrate around them.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Apr. 2025
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Damian Lillard’s Achilles injury was the final blow, the last solid piece of the Good Ship Giannis that was keeping it afloat long after the rest of the rotting ship was overrun with rats.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Such molds can grow on a variety of fruits, including apples, especially rotting ones.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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However, when viruses were exposed to sunlight, many of them did not survive as long, decaying in under 24 hours.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
13 Mar. 2025
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The result was not only environmental catastrophe but license for unchecked consumption of cheap plastic goods that can take a few minutes to use but hundreds of years to decay.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Perish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perish. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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