die out

verb

died out; dying out; dies out

intransitive verb

: to become extinct

Examples of die out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web After a few disappointing summers with blooms that fell, died out quickly, or were simply underwhelming, this year’s weather hit the mark. Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2024 Mammoths survived there for 6,000 years after all other members of their species had died out, by which point the pyramids of Giza had stood for nearly a millennium. Ferris Jabr, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024 The youngest were from Wrangel Island male mammoths who perished right around the time the last of these mammoths died out (one of them died just 4,333 years ago). Jeanne Timmons, Ars Technica, 29 June 2024 But the evolutionary line never completely died out says Müller. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for die out 

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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 26 Jul. 2024.

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