perishverb [ I ]
uk/ˈper.ɪʃ/us/ˈper.ɪʃ/perish verb [ I ] (DIE)
to die, especially in an accident or by being killed, or to be destroyed:
Three hundred people perished in the earthquake.
He believes that Europe must create closer ties or it will perish.
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Death and dying
- be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
- bereave
- bite
- bury
- buy the farm idiom
- depart
- done
- drop
- expire
- foot
- gone
- inquest
- loss
- mortality
- peg
- posthumous
- road kill
- SIDS
- sudden infant death syndrome
- the disappeared
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Destroying and demolishing
perish verb [ I ] (DECAY)
UK If material such as rubber or leather perishes, it decays and starts to break into pieces:
Sunlight has caused the rubber to perish.
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Decaying and staying fresh
- best-before date
- biodegradable
- biodegrade
- compostable
- decay
- decompose
- go off
- keep
- molder
- out of date
- perishable
- pull date
- putrefaction
- putrefy
- rack
- seed
- sell-by date
- shrivel
- spoil
- wormy
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Idiom(s)
perish the thought