Antonyms for perished

Grammar : Verb

Spell : per-ish

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr ɪʃ

Definition of perished

Origin : mid-13c., from periss- present participle stem of Old French perir "perish, be lost, be shipwrecked" (12c.), from Latin perire "to be lost, perish," literally "to go through," from per- "through, completely, to destruction" (see per) + ire "to go" (see ion). Related: Perished; perishing.

verb die, decline, decay

Example sentences :

He was therefore condemned, and perished on the scaffold for the crime.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various

No fewer than 12,000 persons had perished in the sandjak of Philippopolis!
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

Send us back into our city, and keep us there immured until we have perished of hunger.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

In the attacks upon the Malakand position, about 700 tribesmen had perished.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

The thought that Rima had perished, that she was lost, was unendurable.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

Had she, then, lost her way, or perished on that long journey from Riolama?
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

It was that half-witted lad then who had perished in the park.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

Had it not been for this presence of mind in his son-in-law, Nelson must have perished.
Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey

Whole villages were depopulated, and about one-third of the people of England perished.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

The remedy is, if you find him before he be perished, cut him close, as in the 11.
Extract from : « A New Orchard And Garden » by William Lawson

Synonyms for perished

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