All 3 Uses of
perish
in
Listening for Lions
- What if upon hearing the news he threw up his hands and perished in front of me?†
Book 2 *
- Of course the mission board was under the impression that you had perished with your parents.†
Book 2
- Even as a child I had known that though we imagined ourselves in charge, the Kikuyu understood very well that we would perish without them.†
Book 3
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.