Both Uses
perish
in
Prisoner B-3087
(Edited)
- Which is better, that forty thousand of us remain, or that the whole population perish?
p. 41.7perish = die
- There were dozens of them, rag-and-bone skeletons who had perished of hunger, or thirst, or the cold, or suffocation, or overwork.
p. 125.9 *perished = died
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)