perish from

perish from (something)

To die from some cause. Most people who die in fires actually perish from smoke inhalation, as opposed to the fire itself.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

perish from something

to die from a particular cause, such as a disease. Nearly all the fish perished from the cold. I was afraid that I would perish from hunger.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • perish
  • perish from (something)
  • die by
  • die by (something)
  • it's to die
  • die with (one's) boots on
  • die with one's boots on
  • die with your boots on
  • die for
  • die for (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
Klaus Rohring, one of the project organizers, recalls the famous passage of Ecclesiastes 3: "To everything there is a season." He adds, "In a time that is addicted to and threatens to perish from the mammon of sped-up time, we want to pass the message of this different experience of time on as an inheritance for future generations."
With the Lord one day is like 639 years. (catholic tastes)