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as in died
to stop living
12 people perished in the plane crash
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as in disintegrated
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 perished
Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Detailed wage reports from the California Employment Development Department for the seven employees who perished show no reportable income from Devastating Pyrotechnics, despite several of the men having been associated with the company for years.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Two men died last month within days of each other at Rikers, and 15 people perished in custody last year.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
Cookie perished, to say nothing of the dog.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
The three perished when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
His parents, siblings and extended family all perished in the Holocaust.
—Lauren Costantino
march 27, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Higher up the mountains, swaths of alligator juniper and Emory oak have perished, their copper leaves and dark skeletons blighting the borderlands.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The couple and Carolyn’s sister, Lauren, all perished in the crash.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
Phillips was among the 1,500 who perished.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Apr. 2026
Detailed wage reports from the California Employment Development Department for the seven employees who perished show no reportable income from Devastating Pyrotechnics, despite several of the men having been associated with the company for years.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Two men died last month within days of each other at Rikers, and 15 people perished in custody last year.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2026
Cookie perished, to say nothing of the dog.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
The three perished when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean.
—Erin Jensen, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
His parents, siblings and extended family all perished in the Holocaust.
—Lauren Costantino
march 27, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
Higher up the mountains, swaths of alligator juniper and Emory oak have perished, their copper leaves and dark skeletons blighting the borderlands.
—Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Mar. 2026
The couple and Carolyn’s sister, Lauren, all perished in the crash.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perished
Adjective
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That mirrors the likely total awaiting the 10 Pac-12 legacy schools now scattered across the Big 12, Big Ten and ACC. Of the departed contingent, only Arizona is a lock to make the NCAA Tournament field as an at-large team.—
Jon Wilner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Feb. 2026
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Pritchard, who’d notched three straight 20-point outings since replacing the departed Anfernee Simons as Boston’s second-unit quarterback, had six points on 2-of-9 shooting and was a minus-27.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Another ballot was mailed in Maya’s name in October 2024, though the dog had recently died, prosecutors said.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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The man accused of carrying out a deadly string of seemingly random shootings in the Atlanta suburbs, including the killing of a Department of Homeland Security employee walking her dog, has died in jail before authorities could determine a motive.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The car completely disintegrated, damaging several other vehicles.—
Jessica Riley,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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United could have disintegrated in the second period, fearing fate was against them.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In the piece, the Vicar of Christ is felled not by his oppressors but rather by a random cosmic event.—
Brian Boucher,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Shell, now felled from his presidency of Paramount, is living proof.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The ceiling was noticeably bowed, and the floor was partly rotted.—
Emma Green,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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Conley could’ve rotted away in Chicago.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Quiet Dell is about death, death, death and death, in a lost time, with so many aspects of dark Gothic fairy tale—that were actually true.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Apr. 2026
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These included major studio films and smaller independent projects to limited TV series, along with lost earnings from endorsements, speaking gigs and personal appearances.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The body was so badly decomposed that the deceased’s gender could not be determined, said police.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Clements said the mistaken identification may have happened because the creature decomposed and lost its telltale shell before it was fossilized, complicating identification.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Put another way, the physicist believes that in a little more than three decades, there is a 50 percent chance that our species will be extinct.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
19 Apr. 2026
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The northern white rhino is also extinct in the wild.—
Heather Abbott,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Perished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perished. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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