All 6 Uses
perish
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Antigone
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- But he is too late: he finds lying side by side Antigone who had hanged herself and Haemon who also has perished by his own hand.†
perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- Bethink thee, sister, we are left alone; Shall we not perish wretchedest of all, If in defiance of the law we cross A monarch's will?†
perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- Seven captains at our seven gates Thundered; for each a champion waits, Each left behind his armor bright, Trophy for Zeus who turns the fight; Save two alone, that ill-starred pair One mother to one father bare, Who lance in rest, one 'gainst the other Drave, and both perished, brother slain by brother.†
perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- Now that his two sons perished in one day, Brother by brother murderously slain, By right of kinship to the Princes dead, I claim and hold the throne and sovereignty.†
- CREON The patriot perished by the outlaw's brand.
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- See how the trees beside a stream in flood Save, if they yield to force, each spray unharmed, But by resisting perish root and branch.†
perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
Definitions:
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(1)
(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to existYou 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. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)