perish

Part of speech: verb

To be destroyed; wither; decay.

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Usage examples "perish":

  1. Without mutual aid the race would perish. - "The Jericho Road", W. Bion Adkins.
  2. The dark- looking skipper, Captain Crowhurst they called him, hadn't as much as spoken to me, nor had the mate, and it's my belief that if it hadn't been for the colonel and his daughter they would have left us to perish on the wreck. - "The Three Lieutenants", W.H.G. Kingston.
  3. I'm now out to win you or perish in the attempt. - "Black Oxen", Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton.