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perish
('p/E/r/I//S/ )

verb (v)

  • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life(verb.change)
    Example:
    The children perished in the fire.
    Antonym:
    be born
    source: wordnet30
  • To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To cause perish.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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