die out

verb

died out; dying out; dies out

intransitive verb

: to become extinct

Examples of die out in a Sentence

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But by the fourth round, as Tyson began to look like a 58-year-old who hadn’t had a professional fight in 19 years, the crowd began to die out. Ryan Morik, Fox News, 16 Nov. 2024 Over the years, demographic and social shifts have weakened many street gangs and caused some to die out. Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2024 The fish had effectively died out of these waters years earlier, but have since persisted in the clean water. Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024 As vaudeville dies out, desperation drives the little group first apart and then into a burlesque house. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for die out 

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of die out was in 1853

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“Die out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/die%20out. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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