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die out

British  

verb

  1. (of a family, race, etc) to die one after another until few or none are left

  2. to become extinct, esp after a period of gradual decline

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die out Idioms  

  1. Gradually become extinct, as in As technology advances, and Western culture spreads, many folk traditions are dying out. [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

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Going forward, geologists, engineers and economists will be needed, especially as Greenland's traditional livelihoods of hunting and fishing are expected to gradually die out as professions.

From Barron's

“I’m worried that a natural or manmade catastrophe stops the resupply ships coming from Earth, causing the colony to die out,” Musk said on Monday.

From MarketWatch

“I’m worried that a natural or manmade catastrophe stops the resupply ships coming from Earth, causing the colony to die out,” Musk said on Monday.

From MarketWatch

I tried to explain what Togbe had told me about how the dam had changed salt levels in the Lower Volta, making waterweeds and bilharzia spread, and causing the clams to die out.

From Literature

Many are upset over the way O'Donnell has been treated and are concerned the beloved town could die out or be commercialised.

From BBC

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