All 10 Uses of
perish
in
The Two Towers
- The young perish and the old linger, withering.†
Chpt 3.6 *perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- We were driven back yesterday over the Isen with great loss; many perished at the crossing.†
Chpt 3.7perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- 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 4.5perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- The One Ring that was thought to have perished from the world.†
Chpt 4.5perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- But over the mountains I am bound, by solemn undertaking to the Council, to find a way or perish in the seeking.†
Chpt 4.6perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
Definition:
to die -- especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to exist
or:
to be destroyed or cease to exist
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.