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Meanings of perish in English

Portuguese
bater as botas
Catalan
expirar
Spanish
quedarse

To cease to live.

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    bater as botas
    Usage of perish in English
    1
    I want as few to perish with this doomed regime as possible.
    The Memoirs of Cleopatra
    2
    Most of the victims perish far from sight, deep in the bush.
    Reuters
    3
    I shall not allow you to perish so long as I live.
    Monster Hunter International
    4
    Consider the innumerable businesses that would perish but for their Sunday trade.
    Sympathy for the devil
    5
    Bring the horns and tail he must, or perish in the adventure.
    Prince Prigio / From "His Own Fairy Book"
    6
    Niels is the third son from the same family to perish young.
    Rock and Ice Magazine
    7
    I must obtain something to eat if I perish in the attempt.
    My Strangest Case
    8
    They must perish on this trip, and they know it perfectly well.
    Level 7
    9
    And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish.
    Leaves of Life, for Daily Inspiration
    10
    But many will perish in the midst of so hazardous a trial.
    A Portraiture of Quakerism, Volume 1 / Taken from a View of the ...
    11
    The fortunes of the men perish, but the town lives and thrives.
    Rides on Railways
    12
    Now I mean to regain his love or perish in the attempt.
    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5
    13
    These my sheep perish to Thy glory in testimony of the truth.
    Quo Vadis: A Narrative of the Time of Nero
    14
    I will say it once more: The cities are bound to perish.
    Down with the Cities!
    15
    Only the other day we saw six poor fellows perish in mid-stream.
    The Story of Isaac Brock / Hero, Defender and Saviour of Upper C...
    16
    The negroes seized him and cast him into the pen to perish.
    Moorish Literature / Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the B...
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