perish
verb (used without object)
to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc..
will have perished
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future perfectof perish.future perfect
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
Example Sentences
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In hard-hit areas like Le Porge, experts say insects will have perished en masse and larger creatures from toads to lizards will not have been spared either.
From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026
Each light is meant to represent approximately 1,000 Americans who will have perished from the virus at the time of his swearing-in.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2021
It is our belief that no one has survived and everyone will have perished.
From Reuters ● Nov. 24, 2010
At this rate it will not be long before more people will have perished since the end of combat than during it.
From Time Magazine Archive
The time is approaching when ... every one of them will have perished and been lost, nay will have come to naught and become a thing unremembered, even as the dust itself.”
From God Passes By by Shoghi Effendi
