We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.
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Perish
//ˈpɛɹɪʃ//
Synonyms for "perish" (202 found)
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Verb(21 words)
cark itcash incheck outchokeclose one's eyes for the last timecodeconkconk outcross overcross rainbow bridgecross the great dividecross the styxdarkendecomposedematerializedepartdiedisincarnatedraw one's last breathdrop dead
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Related words (101)
fade outfallfall asleepfleeflyfossilizefustgogo awaygo outgo undergo up in smokegrow oldhideleave no traceleave the scenelose currencymeltmelt awaymiscarry
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Verb(48 words)
flatlineforfaregive one's allgive up the ghostgive-up the ghostgogo for a burtongo gentle into that good nightgo outgo over to the majoritygo the way of all fleshgo the way of the dinosaursgo the way of the dodogo the way of the dodo birdgo to glorygo to one's rewardgo westhand in one's checkshand in one's dinner pailhop the twig
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join the choir invisiblekeel overkick offknock offliquidatelose my life for jesus christlose one's lifelose the number of one's messmeet one's doommeet one's endmeet one's makerpass in one's checkspass in one's marblepass onpass overpass the riverpay nature's debtpay the debt of naturepeg outpop one's clogsshuffle off this mortal coilsinksleep with one's fathersslip awaysuccumbtake a dirt napturn up one's toesyield up the ghost
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123 translations across 52 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- agon verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- φθείρομαι verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- φθείρομαι verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Aromanian
1 entries- cher verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- həlak olmaq verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Belarusian
4 entries- гі́нуць verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- згі́нуць verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- кана́ць verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- скана́ць verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Bulgarian
2 entries- заги́вам verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- заги́на verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Catalan
1 entries- perir verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 死 verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- 死亡 verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- 殞 /殒 verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Church Slavic
2 entries- гꙑбнѫти verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- погꙑбнѫти verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Czech
3 entries- hynout verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- zahynout verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- zhynout verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Danish
1 entries- omkomme verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Dutch
4 entries- bederven verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- omkomen verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- sterven verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- vergaan verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Esperanto
2 entries- perei verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- perei verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Finnish
4 entries- kadota verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- menehtyä verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- näivettyä verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- pilaantua verb (to decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose)
French
2 entries- périr verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- périr verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Friulian
1 entries- perî verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Galician
2 entries- perecer verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- perecer verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Georgian
1 entries- დაღუპვა verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
German
4 entries- schlecht werden verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- umkommen verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- ums Leben kommen verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- verderben verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Hindi
2 entries- नष्ट verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- नाश verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Indonesian
2 entries- binasa verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- musnah verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Italian
1 entries- perire verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Japanese
4 entries- 亡びる verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- 死ぬ verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- 滅びる verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- 滅亡する verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Korean
4 entries- 멸망하다 verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- 비명횡사하다 verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- 죽다 verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- 죽다 verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Latgalian
1 entries- gaist verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Latin
4 entries- abolēscō verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- aboriscor verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- perbītō verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- pereō verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Latvian
1 entries- zust verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Lithuanian
1 entries- žūti verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Macedonian
2 entries- гине verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- загине verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Malay
1 entries- musnah verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Mongolian
1 entries- үхэх verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Māori
1 entries- tipoko verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- omkomme verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Odia
1 entries- ମରତି verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- гꙑбнꙋти verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- гꙑнꙋти verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Old Irish
2 entries- ara·chrin verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- ara·chrin verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Old Saxon
1 entries- āgangan verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- omkomen verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Polish
4 entries- ginąć verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- konać verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- skonać verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- zginąć verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Portuguese
1 entries- perecer verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Quechua
1 entries- wañuy verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Romanian
1 entries- pieri verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
Russian
4 entries- ги́бнуть verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- испо́ртиться verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- по́ртиться verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- поги́бнуть verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Sanskrit
4 entries- नश्यति verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- नश्यति verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- मरति verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- म्रियते verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pogíbati verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- pòginuti verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- по̀гинути verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- поги́бати verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Slovak
3 entries- hynúť verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- zahynúť verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- zhynúť verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Slovene
2 entries- poginiti verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- poginjati verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Spanish
3 entries- fenecer verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- perecer verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- perecer verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Swahili
1 entries- kuangamia verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Swedish
4 entries- förgås verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- förödas verb (to decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing)
- omkomma verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- stupa verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Tocharian B
1 entries- naut verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Ukrainian
4 entries- ги́нути verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- заги́нути verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- зги́нути verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
- кона́ти verb (to die, to pass away — see also die, pass away)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
That whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.
Source: tatoeba (63516)
All who take up the sword will perish by the sword.
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