what do you mean by perish


die, especially in a violent or sudden way.
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To die or be destroyed through violence ,privation etc...to perish is an earthquake .
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Perish means to destroy
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Die.
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In the poem Robert frost says "But if it had to perish twice" ie.if the world had to expire(perish or end)twice So here perish implies 'to die'.
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