perish

Verb

Meaning

To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.

To cause perish.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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can last live exist occur appear

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turn change state

fall suffocate yield drown abort starve

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We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Martin Luther King Jr.

I do not think there are many among Bishops that will be saved, but many more that perish. John Chrysostom

Weeds never perish. Belgian Proverb

As long as a language lives, the people will not perish. Czech Proverb

God gives wings to the ant that she may perish the sooner. Spanish Proverb

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