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noun

Definition of perishingnext
as in dying

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perishing

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verb

present participle of perish
1
as in falling
to stop living 12 people perished in the plane crash

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2
as in rotting
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 Synonyms for perishing
  1. dying
  2. rotting
  3. death
  4. falling
  5. decaying
  6. disintegrating
  7. demise
  8. expiration
Verb
  • People around the world have been dying to see how this one ends.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The shooter approached from behind, opened fire, and left the Chief Executive of UnitedHealthcare dying on a Manhattan sidewalk.
    ABC News, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of dying
Verb
  • But part of it has to do with who’s using that technology to spread brain-rotting information.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The wood was rotting, algae was growing and there were about 20 cats living inside, French, 27, tells CNBC Make It.
    Celia Fernandez,Mickey Todiwala, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of rotting
Noun
  • Her official cause of death has yet to be released.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • She is believed by police to have died from a gunshot wound, though the medical examiner has not confirmed a cause of death.
    Ayana Archie, NPR, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of death
Verb
  • Companies that fail to do so risk falling behind as consumers, investors, and regulators demand higher standards.
    Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The nearly 300-mile trek from Atlanta was pivotal in showing the Confederacy was falling apart as Sherman’s troops gutted much of the key slave state.
    Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of falling
Verb
  • Top quarks and antiquarks begin to disappear from this primordial particle-antiparticle soup, decaying away faster than the Universe can recreate them.
    Big Think, Big Think, 10 Dec. 2024
  • According to Schrader, Gere initially wanted to take his decaying look much further than his director would allow.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of decaying
Verb
  • Except—and for me, the difference is crucial—Akhtar employed his creativity and imagination to shape these source materials into an utterly original work of art, whereas the rapidly disintegrating McNeal employs a chatbot, which shapes the material into an uncannily precise act of mimesis.
    Ayad Akhtar, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
  • That will likely result in those protections disintegrating, Meyer said.
    J.J. McCorvey, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of disintegrating
Noun
  • Global fear and loathing of Islamism is preventing a genuine wave of celebration over the demise of a butcher.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Not waiting for predators to leave the area before birthing may also play a role in a newborn fish’s demise.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of demise
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the search for CEO Bob Iger’s successor continues, ahead of the expiration of his contract on December 31, 2026.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
  • When a customer’s card changes—due to expiration or replacement—the CAU automatically updates the card information in the business’s system.
    Robert Day, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of expiration
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