verb/lɛ.se sa po/
to perish, not to make it
“1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, p. 298; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland” — — It was the southern extremity of the Lut desert where year in, year out, half a dozen drivers turn to dust because of a broken axle or a battery dried out by the sun.
Synonyms: see mourir