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Synonyms for perished

Grammar : Verb
Spell : per-ish
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr ɪʃ

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Définition 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

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