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"The children perished in the fire"verbpass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
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- perishable liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
- imperishable not perishable
- survivor guilt a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died
- long-life (of perishable goods) treated to stay fresh longer than usual
- nuclear winter a long period of darkness and extreme cold that scientists predict would follow a full-scale nuclear war; a layer of dust and smoke in the atmosphere would cover the earth and block the rays of the sun; most living organisms would perish
- sell-by date a date stamped on perishable produce indicating the date by which it should be sold