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Definition
to die — especially in an unnatural way
or:
to be destroyed or cease to exist
or:
to be destroyed or cease to exist
- Louie knew he had to stop Phil's bleeding, but if he lost the rafts, they'd all perish.p. 103.5
- At one mental hospital, patients were given milk from cows infected with tuberculosis, in the belief that the unfit would perish.p. 12.3
- A quarter of a barracks perished at once.p. 77.4
There are no more uses of "perish" in Unbroken - adapted for young adults.
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