Perish
verb
To die or be destroyed, especially in a sudden or unfortunate way.
Many people perished in the earthquake.
Often appears as...
- perish in a disaster
- perish from hunger
verb
To decay or rot.
The fruit perished after a few days.
Often appears as...
- food perish
- perish quickly
verb
To disappear or be lost.
Ancient traditions that have perished over time.
Often appears as...
- perish with time
- perish from memory
verb
To die or be destroyed, especially in a sudden or unfortunate way.
Many people perished in the earthquake.
Often appears as...
- perish in a disaster
- perish from hunger
verb
To decay or rot.
The fruit perished after a few days.
Often appears as...
- food perish
- perish quickly
verb
To disappear or be lost.
Ancient traditions that have perished over time.
Often appears as...
- perish with time
- perish from memory
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Tragedy
Use for unexpected, often large-scale loss of life, not individual death.
The ancient city perished under volcanic ash.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Disasters
Often used for historical events with many deaths, like natural disasters or battles.
Thousands perished in the Great Fire of London.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Animals
Rarely used for animals dying; typically reserved for human deaths.
During that harsh winter, many perished from the cold.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Tragedy
Use for unexpected, often large-scale loss of life, not individual death.
The ancient city perished under volcanic ash.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Disasters
Often used for historical events with many deaths, like natural disasters or battles.
Thousands perished in the Great Fire of London.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Animals
Rarely used for animals dying; typically reserved for human deaths.
During that harsh winter, many perished from the cold.
Pro Tip 1/3Sudden Tragedy
Use for unexpected, often large-scale loss of life, not individual death.
The ancient city perished under volcanic ash.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Disasters
Often used for historical events with many deaths, like natural disasters or battles.
Thousands perished in the Great Fire of London.
Pro Tip 3/3Not for Animals
Rarely used for animals dying; typically reserved for human deaths.
During that harsh winter, many perished from the cold.
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These highly evolved beings want to trade DNA by breeding with humans so that each species’ genes can diversify and fortify the other. The only alternative they offer is sterilization of the entire human race. Should humanity take the leap into the biological unknown, or hold on to its identity and perish?
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The Survival of the Sea...
will perish. Ultimately, with the passage of years, the survivors will increase in size, from that of a dinner plate at year one to that of a dinner table, in the case of one species at least, the leatherback, a decade or so later. With size comes some measure of protection.
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Matthew O'Reilly: "Am I...
to free her from the vehicle. However, she perished prior to freeing her. I believed what you saw in the when you're in those last moments that it's strictly terror, fear. I have come to realize, regardless of the circumstance, it's generally met with peace and acceptance,
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Are food preservatives...
For example, making the food more acidic unravels enzymes that microbes need to survive. And some types of bacteria can actually help. For thousands of years, people preserved food using bacteria that produce lactic acid. The acid turns perishable vegetables and milk
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The science and...
for her brood keeping the eggs free from debris and protecting them from predation she sends her incubating young at great cost however for going food and ultimately perishing soon after the young have hatched her life the price of
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Epic Grand Canyon Hike:...
have perished attempting it Kevin and I would be the first journalists ever to tackle this hiking lunacy we plan to complete our mission over a year watching the seasons change and teaming up with Hardin Canyon veterans help us
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A free world needs...
because if we don't, we will wake up tomorrow in a sanitized world, where any form of satire and political cartooning becomes impossible. Because, when political pressure meets political correctness, freedom of speech perishes.
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Thoughts on humanity,...
Otherwise it will cease to flourish. It will perish in its own self-absorption. So you may use your power to build walls and keep people outside,
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Neil MacGregor: 2600...
The things we make have one supreme quality -- they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives,
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Beautiful Butterfly...
many painted ladies perish on their journey
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Why should you read...
These highly evolved beings want to trade DNA by breeding with humans so that each species’ genes can diversify and fortify the other. The only alternative they offer is sterilization of the entire human race. Should humanity take the leap into the biological unknown, or hold on to its identity and perish?
Video examples
The Survival of the Sea...
will perish. Ultimately, with the passage of years, the survivors will increase in size, from that of a dinner plate at year one to that of a dinner table, in the case of one species at least, the leatherback, a decade or so later. With size comes some measure of protection.
Video examples
Matthew O'Reilly: "Am I...
to free her from the vehicle. However, she perished prior to freeing her. I believed what you saw in the when you're in those last moments that it's strictly terror, fear. I have come to realize, regardless of the circumstance, it's generally met with peace and acceptance,
Video examples
Are food preservatives...
For example, making the food more acidic unravels enzymes that microbes need to survive. And some types of bacteria can actually help. For thousands of years, people preserved food using bacteria that produce lactic acid. The acid turns perishable vegetables and milk
Video examples
The science and...
for her brood keeping the eggs free from debris and protecting them from predation she sends her incubating young at great cost however for going food and ultimately perishing soon after the young have hatched her life the price of
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Epic Grand Canyon Hike:...
have perished attempting it Kevin and I would be the first journalists ever to tackle this hiking lunacy we plan to complete our mission over a year watching the seasons change and teaming up with Hardin Canyon veterans help us
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A free world needs...
because if we don't, we will wake up tomorrow in a sanitized world, where any form of satire and political cartooning becomes impossible. Because, when political pressure meets political correctness, freedom of speech perishes.
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
Otherwise it will cease to flourish. It will perish in its own self-absorption. So you may use your power to build walls and keep people outside,
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Neil MacGregor: 2600...
The things we make have one supreme quality -- they live longer than us. We perish, they survive; we have one life, they have many lives,
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Beautiful Butterfly...
many painted ladies perish on their journey
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George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the human mind, noting how unselfish instincts rise to the surface and sink back again, making way for selfish instincts, each equally necessary, for the world would perish were it to become entirely selfish or entirely unselfish.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
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Hilaire Belloc
English Poet
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.
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Bernice King
American
What I'm trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, 'We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we're going to perish as fools.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
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William Lloyd Garrison
American Journalist
If nations perish, it is not because of their devotion to liberty, but for their disregard of its requirements.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
British Writer
Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.
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Henry Vaughan
Welsh Poet
Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.
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Anatole France
French Novelist
Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American Physicist
The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.
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George A. Moore
Irish Novelist
Some men spend their lives watching bees and ants, noting down the habits of these insects; my pleasure is to watch the human mind, noting how unselfish instincts rise to the surface and sink back again, making way for selfish instincts, each equally necessary, for the world would perish were it to become entirely selfish or entirely unselfish.
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Walter Scott
Scottish Novelist
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
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Hilaire Belloc
English Poet
When friendship disappears then there is a space left open to that awful loneliness of the outside world which is like the cold space between the planets. It is an air in which men perish utterly.
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Bernice King
American
What I'm trying to do is fulfill what my father said, which is, 'We have to find a way to live together as brothers and sisters, or together we're going to perish as fools.
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Epicurus
Greek Philosopher
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
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William Lloyd Garrison
American Journalist
If nations perish, it is not because of their devotion to liberty, but for their disregard of its requirements.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
British Writer
Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable - and life is more than a dream.
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Henry Vaughan
Welsh Poet
Caesar had perished from the world of men, had not his sword been rescued by his pen.
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Anatole France
French Novelist
Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
American Physicist
The peoples of this world must unite or they will perish.
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