1
as in to die
to stop living
12 people perished in the plane crash
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2
as in to disintegrate
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
Five others, including Argentine YouTube star Gaspi, 23, also perished in the accident.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
The city must remember that those who perished yearned to be seen and included.
—Rev. José Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
The hip denizens of LA's east side would surely perish without it.
—Alanna Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
His mother made little or no reference to the Austrian relatives who had been snatched from Vienna’s glamorous cultural swirl and sent off to perish in the Nazi camps.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
The city must remember that those who perished yearned to be seen and included.
—Rev. José Rodriguez, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
The hip denizens of LA's east side would surely perish without it.
—Alanna Bennett, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
His mother made little or no reference to the Austrian relatives who had been snatched from Vienna’s glamorous cultural swirl and sent off to perish in the Nazi camps.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perish
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Kentucky State Police confirmed that Suresh's dog was also struck by a vehicle after escaping onto the interstate and died.—
Anthony Thompson,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
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Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war, according to some Western intelligence reports, and hundreds of thousands more have left the country to avoid being drafted.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
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Even those who can afford to stay suffer losses in home equity and lifestyle as the community around them disintegrates or disappears.—
The Conversation,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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Any potential scoring opportunity in the fifth inning disintegrated after Dalton Rushing’s leadoff walk.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Two families in Annapolis are displaced after trees fell onto homes following Friday's thunderstorm, according to city officials.—
Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
14 June 2026
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Xcel Energy’s bills in Colorado continue to fall below the national average for electric rates, Isenberg added.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
13 June 2026
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How long does cardboard take to decompose in the garden?—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
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This sets them apart from other natural mulches like straw and wood chips, which have a high carbon content and take a year or more to decompose fully.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
11 June 2026
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The couple was found unresponsive and later succumbed to their injuries.—
Samantha Cookinham,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Suddenly, Marjane succumbing to sorrow became achingly comprehensible.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
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These textiles slowly rot and release greenhouse gases, while synthetic or mixed fabrics release chemicals, microplastics, and forever chemicals.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The team aimed to fashion a rotting meat smell to recreate this slightly unhygienic oral arrangement.—
RJ Mackenzie,
Popular Science,
11 June 2026
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At a time when the Earth was bare, when there were no vertebrates, no trees, no leaves, no flowering plants, and no plants with seeds, millipedes were feeding on decaying mosses, decomposed slime, and primordial gunk.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 June 2026
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The cancer instructs the body to build super roadways (blood vessels) and homes (tumor cells) resistant to decay.—
Charles J. Dimitroff,
The Conversation,
12 June 2026
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“Perish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perish. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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