perished
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Assuming her son had perished in Italy, Eisenbeisser’s mother arranged a wake — only to have her son stroll into the ceremony very much alive, causing the woman to faint.
From Los Angeles Times
At the church, none in the congregation perished.
From Los Angeles Times
He said Farage's words had "hit hard" because his grandparents had escaped Nazi Germany and much of their family had perished in the Holocaust.
From BBC
But in the end it would not matter how they perished.
From Literature
If that was the case, and if they miscalculated and stayed down too long, they would have run out of oxygen and perished.
From Literature
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