perish
verb (used without object)
to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc..
has perished
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present perfectof perish (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Long after the last Homo sapiens has perished, Lomberg’s drawings may provide the universe’s most compelling clue that our colorful, complicated species was ever here.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
In “The OA,” a fable-like iteration of the resurrection theme, the heroine has perished many times over, blind in one incarnation but gifted in another with an extraordinary second sight.
From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2021
“It would be extremely disrespectful to understand your loved one has perished and to learn about it from TMZ,” Villanueva said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 27, 2020
Here he tells the story of rich tourists stranded on an island after the rest of humanity has perished from world war and epidemic.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2013
On other nights it was still, with such a stillness as one imagines as existing before the stars began to form, or after everything has perished.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
