1
as in to die
to stop living
12 people perished in the plane crash
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2
as in to decompose
chiefly British
to go through decomposition
after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out
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Recent Examples of perish
We’re all overcome with the grief of many who have so tragically perished and will no longer be with us together.
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David Chiu, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
His survival, contrasted with the heartbreaking loss of over forty relatives, including his parents and grandmother who perished in the Holocaust, has shaped my understanding of the fragility of freedom and the strength of the human spirit.
—Joanie Schirm, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
Almost two years ago, the BBC greenlit a three-part drama about the Grenfell Tower fire, a national tragedy in which 72 people perished in a devastating blaze at a London housing block.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
In France today, there are cemeteries containing thousands of heroic American soldiers who perished defending America, Europe and the Free World from the Nazi onslaught.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
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David Chiu, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
His survival, contrasted with the heartbreaking loss of over forty relatives, including his parents and grandmother who perished in the Holocaust, has shaped my understanding of the fragility of freedom and the strength of the human spirit.
—Joanie Schirm, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
Almost two years ago, the BBC greenlit a three-part drama about the Grenfell Tower fire, a national tragedy in which 72 people perished in a devastating blaze at a London housing block.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
In France today, there are cemeteries containing thousands of heroic American soldiers who perished defending America, Europe and the Free World from the Nazi onslaught.
—Avi Weiss, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2025
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But Butler’s debut signified the Warriors’ most hopeful moment in months, an introduction of a superstar who seems to blend well into their system, helps solve their biggest weaknesses and accentuates Curry, who has been dying for a co-star for a few seasons.—
Anthony Slater,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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French died Friday in Los Angeles of complications from Alzheimer’s, his wife of 34 years, longtime Days of Our Lives actress Eileen Barnett, told The Hollywood Reporter.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
9 Feb. 2025
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The bag had maggots inside and inside the suitcase police found the decomposing body of Johnson’s 7-year-old niece, Joshlyn Marie James Johnson, according to the news outlet.—
Jennifer Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
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Read Next Florida Surgeon removed wrong organ, killing man — and a cover-up followed, Florida suit says January 31, 2025 5:13 PM Read Next National Hospital left mom’s body to decompose in unrefrigerated room, suit says.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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Good news for green energy The cost of a utility-scale solar panels has fallen 82% since 2010, according to the the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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Just like this claim, the others will fall apart because there is no truth to them.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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However, Lehr said, if 5% of residents come forward and vote against the termination, then the deal can disintegrate.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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This finding offers important new insight into the evolutionary underpinnings of outer ears, which are typically difficult to study, because cartilage disintegrates over time and does not fossilize like bone.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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These waivers are now being implemented, that it is being executed, that food will be going out, but, to your point, about $40 million in food rotting in these warehouses in Houston, about 500,000 metric tons on ships on the sea.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Feb. 2025
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Like Twin Peaks, The Return opened with two murders, when a kissing couple were mauled by a mysterious monster who emerges from a glass box, and a body without a head and a head without a body were found rotting in a faraway room.—
K. Austin Collins,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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What doesn’t decay this winter can be mulched up next spring.—
Jeff Lowenfels,
Anchorage Daily News,
22 Sep. 2022
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In particular, many theorists have wondered how the great complexity of life can be reconciled with the laws of thermodynamics that suggest that all systems must inevitably decay to a state of greatest disorder.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
29 Apr. 2022
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“Perish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perish. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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