All 4 Uses of
perish
in
In the Unlikely Event
- A set of medical records told of a soldier who had survived the Korean battlefield, only to perish here.†
p. 95..4
- Stewardess Who Perished in Crash Warned Sister†
p. 127..1 *
- Four occupants of the ravaged apartment building perished, three of them from the same family—Irving Zahler, 30, his 27-year-old wife, Marilyn, and their 4-year-old son, Monte.†
p. 301..1
- Chubby little Patty Clausen, age 5, was unharmed, but her mother perished.†
p. 313..5
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.