Advertisement
Advertisement
perish
verb as in die, decline, decay
Example Sentences
He said Farage's words had "hit hard" because his grandparents had escaped Nazi Germany and much of their family had perished in the Holocaust.
It’s still uncertain how many of the trees it scorched will perish.
"However, a much more severe disease arrives, one that improved varieties are normally more resistant to... and the local varieties perish, or perhaps don't produce fruit," he told AFP.
Some perished after the fire — overwhelmed and confused by the trauma.
Huge numbers perished in the Holocaust, yet even immediately after the war Yiddish was the pre-eminent language among the world's Jews.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse