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All perish synonyms

perΒ·ish
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verb perish

  • absented β€” not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
  • diffused β€” Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
  • fade β€” to lose brightness or vividness of color.
  • caving β€” the sport of climbing in and exploring caves
  • fagged out β€” exhausted
  • fold up β€” a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
  • emaciate β€” (transitive) To make extremely thin or wasted.
  • go downhill β€” travel down a slope
  • hit the trail β€” (Idiomatic) To leave or depart.
  • go forth β€” military: set out
  • absenting β€” not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
  • go south β€” fail, go bad
  • go to pot β€” a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
  • decay β€” When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
  • depart β€” When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
  • fade away β€” to lose brightness or vividness of color.
  • atrophied β€” exhibiting or affected with atrophy; wasted; withered; shriveled: an atrophied arm; an atrophied talent.
  • go to the dogs β€” a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • wither β€” to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
  • absents β€” not in a certain place at a given time; away, missing (opposed to present): absent from class.
  • outs β€” away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
  • cut and run β€” to make a rapid escape
  • decease β€” death
  • expire β€” (of a document, authorization, or agreement) cease to be valid, typically after a fixed period of time.
  • get away β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • dilapidate β€” to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
  • burn up β€” If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
  • atrophying β€” Also, atrophia [uh-troh-fee-uh] /Ι™Λˆtroʊ fi Ι™/ (Show IPA). Pathology. a wasting away of the body or of an organ or part, as from defective nutrition or nerve damage.
  • dry up β€” free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
  • curdled β€” Containing curds.
  • die out β€” If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
  • give way β€” manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • dry-rot β€” Plant Pathology. a decay of seasoned timber, resulting in its becoming brittle and crumbling to a dry powder, caused by various fungi. any of various diseases of plants in which the rotted tissues are dry.
  • hit the bricks β€” a block of clay hardened by drying in the sun or burning in a kiln, and used for building, paving, etc.: traditionally, in the U.S., a rectangle 2.25 Γ— 3.75 Γ— 8 inches (5.7 Γ— 9.5 Γ— 20.3 cm), red, brown, or yellow in color.
  • break down β€” If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
  • buy it β€” to die; specif., to be killed
  • go bad β€” not good in any manner or degree.
  • die away β€” If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.
  • die β€” When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
  • waste β€” to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • mildewed β€” Plant Pathology. a disease of plants, characterized by a cottony, usually whitish coating on the surface of affected parts, caused by any of various fungi.
  • go to waste β€” to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • misemploy β€” to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
  • cave in β€” If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
  • crumble β€” If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
  • curdling β€” Present participle of curdle.
  • eat dirt β€” any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
  • dissolve β€” to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
  • breathe one's last β€” When someone breathes their last, they die.
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