- to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- to pass away or disappear: an age of elegance that has forever perished.
- to suffer destruction or ruin: His valuable paintings perished in the fire.
- to suffer spiritual death: Save us, lest we perish.
- may it never happen: used facetiously or as an afterthought of foreboding.
- to be destroyed or die, esp in an untimely way
- to cause to suffer
- to rot
- may it never be or happen thus
- to die or come near to dying of thirst or starvation
