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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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He added this was not an infection which would "shoot through the population", it was "not Covid", and he expected the outbreak to die out in the coming days.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

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 • Feb. 14, 2026

Yet the laughs, the warmth, the love and the faith-based fellowship die out in the dismal final act.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Once the notes die out, the vampires appear — first to mimic the living’s glory, then to claim their distinct power for themselves.

From Salon • May 2, 2025

Studies show that measles is likely to die out in any human population numbering fewer than half a million people.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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