All 10 Uses of
perish
in
The Two Towers
- The young perish and the old linger, withering.†
Chpt 3.6 *
- We were driven back yesterday over the Isen with great loss; many perished at the crossing.†
Chpt 3.7
- It is likely that he will be overtaken ere he can reach Helm's Gate, if he has not already perished.'†
Chpt 3.7
- 'Yes, we will have peace,' he said, now in a clear voice, 'we will have peace, when you and all your works have perished — and the works of your dark master to whom you would deliver us.†
Chpt 3.10
- Who you are; how you came there, and why; what you know; whether you were captured, and if so, how you escaped when all the Orcs perished — it is with those little riddles that the great mind of Saruman is troubled.†
Chpt 3.11
- What became of him Sam never heard: whether he escaped to roam the wild for a time, until he perished far from his home or was trapped in some deep pit; or whether he raged on until he plunged in the Great River and was swallowed up.†
Chpt 4.4
- For if Boromir was then in peril and was slain, I must fear that all my companions perished too.†
Chpt 4.5
- It is hard indeed to believe that one of so great wisdom, and of power — for many wonderful things he did among us — could perish, and so much lore be taken from the world.†
Chpt 4.5
- The One Ring that was thought to have perished from the world.†
Chpt 4.5
- But over the mountains I am bound, by solemn undertaking to the Council, to find a way or perish in the seeking.†
Chpt 4.6
Definition:
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(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existeditor's notes: You may encounter an informal expression, "Perish the thought." It means that the speaker hopes the thought will cease to exist and the thing it represents will never happen.