1
as in to die
to stop living
12 people perished in the plane crash
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as in to decompose
chiefly British
to go through decomposition
after being left out in the summer heat, the milk perished and had to be thrown out
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Recent Examples of perish
But because of swift responses from private organizations such as Samaritan’s Purse, Aerial Recovery, Happy Helicopters, and Baptists on Mission, vulnerable hurricane survivors in remote areas have been rescued who would otherwise have almost certainly perished.
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Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
That’s how many people safety experts fear will perish in traffic crashes this Thanksgiving weekend nationwide.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Children as young as 1 found dead The CBP data showed that the majority of those dying along the border were adults age between 21 and 45, but the graph above shows the vast spectrum of ages of those perishing.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
More than 300 climbers have perished while trying to climb Mount Everest.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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Emily Hallas, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 20 Oct. 2024
That’s how many people safety experts fear will perish in traffic crashes this Thanksgiving weekend nationwide.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
Children as young as 1 found dead The CBP data showed that the majority of those dying along the border were adults age between 21 and 45, but the graph above shows the vast spectrum of ages of those perishing.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
More than 300 climbers have perished while trying to climb Mount Everest.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
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Those patients died less than two months after their surgeries and were too sick to leave the hospital.Emily Mullin, WIRED, 17 Dec. 2024
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Some were stamping books while others were dying and shaping leather.Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 17 Dec. 2024
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Food that ends up in landfills decomposes anaerobically and gives off methane–which over the 20 years after its release is more than 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in warming our climate.Marianne Krasny, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Additionally, aluminum doesn't decompose in landfills, contributing to long-term environmental pollution.Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2024
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Cover plants with burlap, blankets, or horticultural fleece if temperatures are predicted to fall below -10°F.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
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With falling costs, tags and sensors will drive intelligent networks across homes and industries, creating connected ecosystems far beyond those achieved to date by devices like Apple’s AirTag.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Dec. 2024
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Previously part of the Soviet Union, Chechnya asserted its independence from Moscow as the bloc disintegrated.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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The former Atlantic Club, a block-long casino and its 23-floor hotel towers have been left to rot.Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
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Children and teens are most at risk because developing brain rot from excessive screen time at an early age while the brain is still developing can lead to a lifetime of poorer cognitive and behavioral health, Manwell says.Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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What doesn’t decay this winter can be mulched up next spring.Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Sep. 2022
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In particular, many theorists have wondered how the great complexity of life can be reconciled with the laws of thermodynamics that suggest that all systems must inevitably decay to a state of greatest disorder.The Physics arXiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2022
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“Perish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perish. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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