"Our beautiful city has perished in flame."
A word is forgotten, and cities perish.
In one day the invincible cities of the Avatar had perished.
The entire city (including Faraday's family) now believes Faraday is "Chess" and has perished in the explosion.
Keithland's cities would perish, seared from the face of existence along with all life seeded by the probe ship Corinne Dane.
Should one depart, the people believe the city would perish.
There's no remedy, Unless, by not so doing, our good city Cleave in the midst and perish.
Monoliths and cities of black stone were the work of the Elderlings, long perished from the world.
Great cities perished, with their walls and towers; whole nations with their people were consumed to ashes!
As far as the legend of Ubar was concerned, there was no evidence that the city had perished in a sandstorm.