die out

verb

died out; dying out; dies out

intransitive verb

: to become extinct

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As these wild females die out, the population drops, and the fly is ultimately eliminated. Adeola Adeosun gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025 Eradicating the disease is possible through a technique in which male screwworm flies are sterilized and then released into the environment to mate with females until the population dies out. Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 12 May 2025 As soon as hot weather sets in, chickweed begins to slow its growth, often dying out by midsummer, but don’t think the battle is won. Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 May 2025 Once common across the U.S. Southeast, red wolves began dying out because of habitat loss and predator-control programs that targeted the animal for elimination. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 Apr. 2025 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 30 May. 2025.

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