Both Uses of
perish
in
Harry Potter (#7) and the Deathly Hallows
- They had a cat… perhaps it had perished, like his parents at Godric's Hollow… or else fled when there was nobody left to feed it… Sirius had bought him his first broomstick… His parents had known Bathilda Bagshot; had Dumbledore introduced them?†
Chpt 10 *
- Jubilant at her capitulation, Lucius threw her hand from him and ripped up his own sleeve — "STOP!" shrieked Bellatrix, "Do not touch it, we shall all perish if the Dark Lord comes now!"†
Chpt 23
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.