English-French translations for perish

• périr
  Une culture qui se veut pure et qui ferme ses frontières à d'autres cultures est une culture destinée à périr. A culture which wants to be pure and which closes its borders to other cultures is a culture destined to perish.
  Certains, j'en ai peur, se retranchent derrière un respect des droits de l'homme si exagéré qu'ils verraient périr la société plutôt que la terreur. Some, I fear, would so cloak themselves in an exaggerated human rights mantra that they would see society perish sooner than terror.

Definition of perish

• To decay and disappear; to waste away to nothing
• To decay in such a way that it can't be used for its original purpose
• To die; to cease to live
• To cause to perish

Related words

• viperish
• perishable
• perished
• perishableness
• imperishably
• imperishable
• perisher
• non-perishable
• unperishing