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1
to stop living
- 12 people perished in the plane crash
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- bite the dust,
- buy it
- (or buy the farm),
- give up the ghost,
- kick the bucket,
- snuff it
- [British]
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2
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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- fall apart,
- go to seed
- (or run to seed)
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“Perish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perish. Accessed 2 Mar. 2021.
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The first known use of perish was in the 13th century
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