perished
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Memorial was founded in the late 1980s to document victims of Soviet-era political repression during which millions of people perished in the Gulag penal system.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Official records list disease as the cause of death for most of the boys who perished.
From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026
As immortalised in the song, Pierson's ramshackle hideout hosted some wild parties, before it perished in flames in 2004.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
In Argentina, roughly 1,300 sea lions and fur seals perished.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
The expedition was lost in the South Pacific in 1788; La Perouse and all but one of the members of his crew perished.'
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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