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adjective

as in departed

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verb

past tense of perish
1
as in died
to stop living 12 people perished in the plane crash

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2
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
Verb
Adding to the confusion, a young female pilot has since been reported to have perished in the crash. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026 The Spanish Interior Ministry said in a statement Thursday that six more victims were added to the death toll overnight, bringing the total number of people who perished in the crash to 74. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026 Although 27 years have passed since Bessette Kennedy, her husband and her sister Lauren Bessette perished in a fatal private plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, the former Calvin Klein publicist’s influence on fashion carries on. — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 The couple perished in an Oregon highway crash in November 2025. — Eric MacK , Bill Melugin, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026 The organization had been personally impacted – two employees’ sons worked for Cantor Fitzgerald and perished in the North Tower. — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026 Eons ago a star up to 30 times the mass of our sun collapsed and perished, forming a black hole. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 In some ski communities, such as Winter Park, entire mountainsides of trees perished, dramatically altering the landscape. — Jennifer Oldham, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026 Thanks to their efforts, only one car, two Vespas and a motorcycle perished in this flood, Navarrete said. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perished
  1. departed
  2. died
  3. disintegrated
  4. lost
  5. fell
  6. rotted
  7. extinct
  8. decomposed
Adjective
  • Judaism approaches these moments with deep sensitivity, offering guidance not to judge or criticize, but to bring dignity, comfort, and peace—to the soul of the departed and to those left behind.
    — Rabbi Moishe Kievman, Sun Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of departed
Verb
  • Juan Atkins, the originator of techno music and a founding member of the electronic music group Cybotron, has died at the age of 64.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Both victims were University of Colorado Boulder students, and the Boulder County Coroner's Office will release the identity of the victim who died, according to a news release from the city of Boulder.
    — Eric Mack , Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of died
Verb
  • The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry because of a piece of foam that the astronaut estimates might have weighed about as much as a Styrofoam container.
    — Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The faction that had a chokehold on the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) roster for quite some time completely disintegrated in recent weeks leading to all four male members getting into a match for Mustafa Ali’s TNA International Championship.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of disintegrated
Adjective
  • General assertions of lost profits, out-of-pocket expenses and reputational harm did not satisfy the requirement to plead special damages, Gayles wrote.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Poor Savu, who started the puzzle first, looked more lost than Devin searching for Jenna’s wedding shot list.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of lost
Verb
  • In the postwar decades, humans seized ecosystems at breakneck speed—forests were felled, prairies plowed, wetlands drained.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Griess, the superintendent of the National Mall and Memorial Parks, said the 430 trees that were felled were not identified as hazardous or raising safety concerns.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of fell
Verb
  • So much of it has degraded—tapes rotted to spooky fuzz, videos with shaggy images and too‑white faces.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • By this point the food in her fridge rotted and her basement flooded.
    — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of rotted
Adjective
  • Her company Arcaea has raised $78 million and previously created the fragrance brand Future Society, which makes scents by sequencing the DNA of extinct flowers.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The company has pursued efforts to recreate extinct species, including the dodo and woolly mammoth.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of extinct
Verb
  • The coins were originally buried together in a container made of organic material that has since decomposed, archaeologists believe.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Many of the children's bodies were severely decomposed, with only 26 able to be identified, and investigations into the other deaths are ongoing.
    — Jefferson Kahinju Reuters, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
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“Perished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perished. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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