perish
pe rish
- v pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
The children perished in the fire
- But in the last battle, two-thirds of the Jews perish, and the rest either accept Jesus as the true Messiah or they must be damned, literally.
- Conspiracy theories are like cacti: they flourish when information flows are restricted and are apt to perish under a deluge of facts.
- Most eggs perish, but the survivors that find a home spring into a burst of frantic activity.