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Definition of perish : 1. To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.
2. To cause perish.

Synonyms:

buy the farm, slide by, stifle, hold up, spend, exhale, suffocate, live, give, go through, go by, travel by, become flat, function, extend, grumble, pall, communicate, clog, legislate, pop off, exit, devolve, go bad, pass off, evanesce, lead, choke, fail, pass on to the Great Beyond, surpass, get, fall out, overstep, blow over, breathe out, operate, foul, go away, hap, drop dead, kick the bucket, leave, go, authorize, conk out, pass by, locomote, go on, start, move, swoon, draw, drop, turn over, go across, clog up, return, survive, guide, take place, pass out, strangle, go past, faint, glide by, plump, hold out, lapse, sink, cash in one's chips, run short, go along, slip by, belong, excrete, endure, croak, stall, asphyxiate, demise, overtake, die out, cronk, run out, kick off, kick in, blend in, break down, murmur, egest, run, come about, elapse, snuff it, fleet, transcend, put across, back up, give way, give out, run low, choke off, decline, make pass, occur, wither, throttle, hand, overhaul, clear, cash in, fret, gnarl, top, proceed, sound, check out, go out, scrag, travel, gag, authorise, break, live on, get going, bite the dust, conk, reach, last, eliminate, rifle, become, give-up the ghost, work, fit, happen, exceed, pass along, get out, blend, mutter, congest, slip away, fade, make it

part, pass, be lost, decease, expire, cease, fall, end, depart, pass on, die, study at die, succumb, pass away

Usage examples:

• " I will perish first," answered the man. - "The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. I", Sophia Reeve.
• " No, you poor animals shall not perish on my account," he cried, springing up, " I would rather die myself." - "Dame Care", Hermann Sudermann.
• " We must not leave them to perish," he said. - "The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines", Hezekiah Butterworth.