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Meaning of perish

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  perish
      v 1: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
           functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from
           cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient
           went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age
           of 102" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {perish}, {go}, {exit},
           {pass away}, {expire}, {pass}, {kick the bucket}, {cash in
           one's chips}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {give-up the ghost},
           {drop dead}, {pop off}, {choke}, {croak}, {snuff it}] [ant:
           {be born}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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