perish

[US]/ˈperɪʃ/
[UK]/ˈperɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. render numb;
vi. die; be destroyed; decay.

Phrases & Collocations

perish the thought

Example Sentences

it's perishing in the tent.

It's a perishing shame.

be perished with cold

not many perished by the sword.

The city perished in an earthquake.

Flowers perish when frost comes.

Let me in. I’m perishing with cold.

I was often perished with cold before the end of the day.

he wasn't out to get drunk—perish the thought!.

I could murder that perishing kid!.

Thousands of people perished in the earthquake.

Wait till I catch the little perisher!

The children are always complaining that they are perishing with hunger. Don’t take seriously.

a great part of his army perished of hunger and disease.

if inflation is let rip, the government would almost certainly perish at the polls.

a party so dull we thought we'd perish of boredom;

"Keep off oil, or else it will perish your rubber boots."

Hundreds of sheep perished that year because of drought.

Continuous washing has perished the rubber.

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