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perish

/ perish /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"
"They children perished in the fire"
"The patient went peacefully"
Opposites:
be born
Type of:
change state turn
Kinds of:
suffocate stifle asphyxiate buy it pip out
Derived:
passing loss departure exit expiration
Verb group:
die fail go bad give way give out
See also:
die out die off die back die down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
54%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
22
Times Searched
3
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change state turn suffocate stifle asphyxiate buy it pip out be born