perished

Meaning

of Perish

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

late gone fallen murdered fatal deceased extinct departed expired parted decayed lamented annihilated corroded passed
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Anagrams

hesperid deperish

Examples

Babylon, Learned and wise, hath perished utterly, Nor leaves her speech one word to aid the sigh That would lament her. William Wordsworth

A civilization is complicated, in the first place, because it is dynamic; that is, it is constantly changing in the passage of time, until it has perished. Carroll Quigley

Millions also perished in the Chinese camps, and there have been terrible genocides in Cambodia and Vietnam. Jean-Marie Le Pen

The wise man who is not heeded is counted a fool, and the fool who proclaims the general folly first and loudest passes for a prophet and Führer, and sometimes it is luckily the other way round as well, or else mankind would long since have perished of stupidity. Carl Jung

Applied to battles in which the bravest had perished. Hawaiian Proverb

Had he not been visited by sickness, he would have perished utterly. Latin Proverb