Words Like PERISH

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PERISH.

17 Alternative Words Similar to perish

1 Die Verb      Synonym Words Like Die
2 Decease Verb      Synonym Words Like Decease
3 Go Verb      Synonym Words Like Go
4 Exit Verb      Synonym Words Like Exit
5 Expire Verb      Synonym Words Like Expire
6 Pass Verb      Synonym Words Like Pass
7 Conk Verb      Synonym Words Like Conk
8 Choke Verb      Synonym Words Like Choke
9 Croak Verb      Synonym Words Like Croak
10 Turn Verb      Synonym Words Like Turn
11 Perished Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Perished
12 Perishing Verb-intransitive      Form Words Like Perishing
13 Yield Verb      Hyponym Words Like Yield
14 Predecease Verb      Hyponym Words Like Predecease
15 Starve Verb      Hyponym Words Like Starve
16 Succumb Verb      Hyponym Words Like Succumb
17 Fall Verb      Hyponym Words Like Fall

3 examples of perish

1 The patient went peacefully
2 The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
3 The children perished in the fire

10 definitions of perish

1 To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
2 To cause perish.
3 pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
4 To die or be destroyed, especially in a violent or untimely manner: "Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those who have no imagination?” ( George Bernard Shaw).
5 To pass from existence; disappear gradually: "Man will go down into the pit, and all his thoughts will perish” ( A.J. Balfour).
6 Chiefly British To spoil or deteriorate.
7 To bring to destruction; destroy: "Many foul blights/Perish'd his hard won gains” ( Thomas Hood).
8 perish the thought Used to express the wish that one not even think about something.
9 To pass away; come to naught; waste away; decay and disappear.
10 To cease to live; die.
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