perishing
Collocations
4VERB + PERISHING
prevents
PERISHING + NOUN
thirst
PREP.
from, in
ADV.
apart
Definitions
adj
Extremely cold.
Extreme; used of environmental or bodily conditions.
If many more white men knew of this method of obtaining and extracting water, there would be, perhaps, many saved from the horrors of perishing thirst.
A boulder ground into Joe's thigh and he yelled for what seemed an eternity in the perishing heat but, apart from a few bird calls, the horse's laboured breath was the only sound he heard.
noun
The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
Since the world of becoming, of origins and perishings, is deficient in true Being, it cannot be known in the best sense.
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5If many more white men knew of this method of obtaining and extracting water, there would be, perhaps, many saved from the horrors of perishing thirst.
WiktionaryA boulder ground into Joe's thigh and he yelled for what seemed an eternity in the perishing heat but, apart from a few bird calls, the horse's laboured breath was the only sound he heard.
WiktionarySince the world of becoming, of origins and perishings, is deficient in true Being, it cannot be known in the best sense.
WiktionarySalt prevents food from perishing.
Tatoeba · #25751I'm perishing.
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