perishes

verb

present tense third-person singular of perish
1
as in dies
to stop living 12 people perished in the plane crash

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2
as in disintegrates
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 perishes Every soldier Harry would have saved on a transport during the war perishes too. — Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025 Factory ships deplete fisheries in a matter of years and an inordinate amount of sea life also perishes in their nets. — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perishes
  1. dies
  2. disintegrates
  3. falls
  4. decomposes
  5. succumbs
  6. decays
  7. rots
Verb
  • Five-Star Weekend, a Peacock series out July 9, is about a food influencer Hollis Shaw (Jennifer Garner) who is in need of a new kind of nourishment after her husband Matthew (Josh Hamilton) dies suddenly in a car accident.
    — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
  • What’s more, thinning the DRAM dies by two-thirds to 100 µm would allow a MOSAIC cube to integrate 294 dies in the same volume, reaching 882 GB, Mitarai said.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026
Definition of dies
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  • The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • 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
Definition of disintegrates
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  • The investigators ask whether this discovery falls within the scope of her project.
    — Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
  • Your body temperature typically rises throughout the morning and afternoon, peaks in the evening, and then falls late at night.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2026
Definition of falls
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  • The research team enabled a room-temperature, four-electron chemical reaction path that forms and decomposes lithium oxide, which expands available energy storage.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • Organic material trapped in reservoirs accumulates and decomposes over time, releasing methane — a potent greenhouse gas that significantly contributes to global warming, Fernández-Garrido told CNN.
    — Radina Gigova, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
Definition of decomposes
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  • With three days to go before Krypto succumbs to the slow-acting agent, Supergirl sets out on a cosmic adventure to retrieve the antidote, confronting her emotional trauma along the way.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • If someone succumbs to the heat, promptly relocate them to a cool, shaded location.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 9 June 2026
Definition of succumbs
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  • Control concentrated in one person dies with that person, decays with that person's judgment, and converts to cash the day that person takes a hard enough offer.
    — Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Europe will not be able to defend itself militarily if democracy decays internally.
    — Wendell Wallach, Hartford Courant, 25 June 2026
Definition of decays
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  • Parents used to tell their children that television rots the brain; now it’s considered a medium for legitimate art.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • Training plants to stay off the ground instead of trailing prevents many common fungal diseases, fruit spots, and rots.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
Definition of rots

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