perish

1. (intransitive)To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing.

   1881, Tarafa, translated by W. A. Clouston, The Poem of Tarafa I consider time as a treasure decreasing every night; and that which every day diminishes soon perishes for ever.

   verderben, schlecht werden

   пропада́тьpropadátʹ, пропа́стьpropástʹ, по́ртитьсяpórtitʹsja

2. (intransitive)To decay in such a way that it cannot be used for its original purpose

3. (intransitive)To die; to cease to live.

   umkommen, ums Leben kommen, verenden

   ги́бнутьgíbnutʹ, погиба́тьpogibátʹ, поги́бнутьpogíbnutʹ

   ги́нутиhýnuty, зги́нутиzhýnuty, заги́нутиzahýnuty

4. (obsolete, transitive)To cause to perish.

1. Thirty people perished in the flood.

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2. If a nuclear war were to break out, mankind would perish.

   deWenn ein Atomkrieg ausbräche, würde die Menschheit untergehen.

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3. Ukraine's glory has not yet perished, neither her freedom.

   Ще не вмерла України ні слава, ні воля.

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4. All those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword.

   Всі, що візьмуться за меч, від меча загинуть.

   ruВсе, взявшие меч, мечом погибнут.

   deSo jemand mit dem Schwert tötet, der muss mit dem Schwert getötet werden.

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5. Publish or perish.

   ruОпубликуй или умри.

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