perish

If Mr. Thelma had been trapped in the house, he surely had perished.

As much as your survival instinct kicks in, and you want to go and have all your people in — and then you’re there, watching the rest of the world perish.

All passengers were feared likely to have perished.

“It was very emotional,” said Goldstein, who was thinking, “I have a family … and maybe I could perish.”

Thousands of laborers, many from Caribbean nations, perished in the massive canal project.