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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Carson’s book ushered in a wave of environmentalism in America; at the same time, Tsutsui points out, the Big Bug films died out. Salama Udaipurwala, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024 Read More: These 5 Ancient Cultures Thought Solar Eclipses Were Omens and Prophecies Modern Full Moon Superstitions But moon myths didn’t die out in modern times. Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 14 Oct. 2024 Notre-Dame’s medieval artisans—the blacksmiths who forged the axes, hewers who squared the timber, joiners who connected the timbers without nails or screws—represented a savoir-faire, or expertise, that has all but died out in the age of Ikea. Seyward Darby, Longreads, 9 Oct. 2024 The first two groups died out—the Saqqaq around three thousand years ago, the Dorset around a thousand years ago—for reasons that are unknown. Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 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 25 Nov. 2024.

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