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perish

/per-ish/US // ˈpɛr ɪʃ //UK // (ˈpɛrɪʃ) //

消灭,殒命,毁灭,殒落

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    • : to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
    • : to pass away or disappear: an age of elegance that has forever perished.
    • : to suffer destruction or ruin: His valuable paintings perished in the fire.
    • : to suffer spiritual death: Save us, lest we perish.

Phrases

  • perish the thought
  • publish or perish

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdie, decline, decay
Forms: perished

Examples

  • The story is also a tale of resilience and persistence, as Chihiro gradually draws on her inner strength to endure this land where humans are designed to perish.

  • So I’m hoping that when I get back on the road, that part of me will not ever perish again.

  • It became part of the local culture, a last stop for unwanted cats, who either learned to survive from hunting and food left by visitors or perished.

  • Her colleague, Second Lieutenant Carol Ann Drazba, also perished.

  • One America, King said, was “overflowing with the milk of prosperity and the honey of opportunity,” while in the other, people were “perishing on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity.”

  • Actually seeing someone perish is horrible for people to see—whether you have covered tough stories in the past or not.

  • Otherwise, it might be advisable—perish the thought—to start reading newspapers again.

  • By all accounts he had expected to perish with the other Elders.

  • World War II offers innumerable opportunities for her to perish during the Blitz.

  • And those who really feel that they will perish unless they have 32 ounces of Mountain Dew Code Red can simply buy two.

  • The inheritance of the children of sinners shall perish, and with their posterity shall be a perpetual reproach.

  • Let him that escapeth be consumed by the rage of the fire: and let them perish that oppress thy people.

  • It is certain that if this retreat, from which the girls go out married, were to fail, they would perish and be lost.

  • For my name's sake I will remove my wrath far off: and for my praise I will bridle thee, lest thou shouldst perish.

  • For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: and the Gentiles shall be wasted with desolation.