All 4 Uses
perish
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The Pit and the Pendulum
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- The condemned to death, I knew, perished usually at the autos-da-fe, and one of these had been held on the very night of the day of my trial.†
perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- Was I left to perish of starvation in this subterranean world of darkness; or what fate, perhaps even more fearful, awaited me?†
perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- Shaking in every limb, I groped my way back to the wall; resolving there to perish rather than risk the terrors of the wells,
*perish = die
- I felt that it was of joy—of hope; but felt also that it had perished in its formation.†
perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
Definitions:
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(1)
(perish) to die -- especially in an unnatural way
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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)