All 3 Uses
perish
in
Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson
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- THE FIRE RAGED WITH INCONCEIVABLE VIOLENCE AND IN ITS DESTRUCTIVE PROGRESS SWEPT AWAY ALL THE BUILDINGS BETWEEN BROAD STREET AND THE NORTH RIVER ... SEVERAL WOMEN AND CHILDREN PERISHED IN THE FIRE; THEIR SHRIEKS JOINED TO THE ROARING OF THE FLAMES, THE CRASH OF FALLING HOUSES, AND THE WIDESPREAD RUIN WHICH EVERYWHERE APPEARED, FORMED A SCENE OF HORROR GREAT BEYOND DESCRIPTION, AND WHICH WAS STILL HEIGHTENED BY THE DARKNESS OF THE NIGHT.†
p. 191.2 *perished = died, was destroyed, or ceased to exist
- ...OUR PRIVATE SOLDIERS IN YOUR HANDS, ARE TREATED IN A MANNER SHOCKING TO HUMANITY, AND THAT MANY OF THEM MUST HAVE PERISHED THRO' HUNGER, HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THE CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE INHABITANTS.†
p. 224.2
- TWENTY OR THIRTY DIE EVERY DAY; THEY LIE IN HEAPS UNBURIED; WHAT NUMBERS OF MY COUNTRYMEN HAVE DIED BY COLD AND HUNGER, PERISHED FOR WANT OF THE COMMON NECESSARIES OF LIFE!†
p. 232.2
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)