Perish Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "DIE" which means:

noun
• • A small cube with 1 to 6 spots on the six faces; used in gambling to generate random numbers
• • A device used for shaping metal
• • A cutting tool that is fitted into a diestock and used for cutting male (external) screw threads on screws or bolts or pipes or rods
verb
• • Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• • Suffer or face the pain of death
• • Be brought to or as if to the point of death by an intense emotion such as embarrassment, amusement, or shame
• • Stop operating or functioning
• • Feel indifferent towards
• • Languish as with love or desire
• • Cut or shape with a die
• • To be on base at the end of an inning, of a player
• • Lose sparkle or bouquet
• • Disappear or come to an end
• • Suffer spiritual death; be damned (in the religious sense)

An example sentence would be:

• • "He refused to die, despite his grave condition."
• • "Many soldiers died during the war."

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