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die out
verb
- (of a family, race, etc) to die one after another until few or none are left
- to become extinct, esp after a period of gradual decline
Idioms and Phrases
Gradually become extinct, as in As technology advances, and Western culture spreads, many folk traditions are dying out . [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
Not the dog bears, Hemicyoninae, who emerged before and lived through the Miocene, nor the bear dogs, Amphicyonidae, which died out by the late Miocene.
And Charlie doesn't think the platform is "dying out" any time soon, years on from his flutter with fame.
Lynx were once a native species in Scotland, but they died out several hundred years ago.
Under an enormous, white tent that covered the death camp entrance, the director of the Auschwitz museum, Piotr Cywinski, issued a plea to protect the memory of what had happened, as the survivors died out.
This time, the virus is adapting to the environment in new ways, infecting a record number of species and surviving various seasons without dying out, Joly said.
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