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• 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.

• die
• decease
• go
• exit
• pass away
• expire
• pass
• kick the bucket
• cash in one's chips
• buy the farm
• conk
• give-up the ghost
• drop dead
• pop off
• choke
• croak
• snuff it

• be_born

News & Articles

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• Two dogs perish as fire burns room in San Anselmo home
  Two residents escaped injury but the family dogs perished in a San Anselmo blaze early Friday.Ross Valley firefighters doused the fire in a back bedroom at 1225 San Anselmo Ave.
  June 14, 2013 - Marin Independent Journal
• Duke Energy crews work to restore power across state
  Duke Energy crews are working around the clock to asses the damage from Thursday afternoon's storms and restore power to customers across the state. Lisa Perish, with Duke Energy, joins us on the phone to give us an update on the progress.
  June 14, 2013 - News 14 Carolina

Quotes

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• Michael Bloomberg in International Herald Tribune
  It's obviously terrible for anyone to perish like this,Bloomberg said. "It just seems more painful and more unfair when children die. When children die, everyone around them seems to die a little as well."
• Martin Luther King in Cosumnes Connection (subscription)
  Martin Luther King, Jr. said, "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."
• Mitt Romney in Boston Globe (registration)
  Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom,Romney said. "Freedom opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure together, or perish...