All 5 Uses
perish
in
The Titan's Curse
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- The Oracle spoke: Five shall go west to the goddess in chains, One shall be lost in the land without rain, The bane of Olympus shows the trail, Campers and Hunters combined prevail, The Titan's curse must one withstand, And one shall perish by a parent's hand.†
Chpt 6perish = die, be destroyed, or cease to exist
- One shall perish.†
Chpt 7
- One shall perish by a parent's hand," Grover said in between bites of Cheez Whiz and Ping-Pong balls.†
Chpt 7
- One shall perish by a parent's hand.†
Chpt 7 *
- One shall perish by a parent's hand," she muttered.†
Chpt 16
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)