perimō or peremō ēmī, ēmptus or ēmtus, ere per+emo, to take away entirely, annihilate, extinguish, destroy, cut off, hinder, prevent: sin autem (supremus ille dies) peremit ac delet omnino: luna subito perempta est, i. e. disappeared: Troia perempta, destroyed, V.: corpus macie peremptum, L.: si causam publicam mea mors peremisset.

— To kill, slay: morte peremptus, V.: sorte, V.: alqm inopiā, Ta.: hunc perimet mea dextra, O.