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perish
verb as in die, decline, decay
Example Sentences
The global scientific consensus is that most coral reefs would perish at warming of 1.5C above preindustrial levels -- a threshold just years away.
Or patients who perished from treatable infections for lack of antibiotics and proper dressings for wounds.
A strength of “The Gales of November” is the way Mr. Bacon weaves in the stories of the crewmen who perished when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down.
The trees were sprouting green shoots and to the naked eye appeared healthy — the only sign of life on the side of the street where historic Janes Village homes burned and some neighbors perished.
Although Alice never ran the risk of actually perishing in Wonderland, Arisu is another matter because of the very nature of the Borderland and how you gain entry through a near-death experience.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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