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perish
verb(per-ish)
pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, pop off, snuff it,
Examples:
The children perished in the fire.

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