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

Of course, such patronage has completely died out in the film industry worldwide, and not something any woman director has to contend with these days, right? — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2026

Rain, a 20-year-old female, was the second to die out of a group of four whales that were moved to the Chicago aquarium in mid-August from a shuttered water park in Ontario. — ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

The center of a clump of yarrow will die out, and the new growth will sprawl over the soil. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

The trend died out soon afterward and was thought to be linked to a particular memecoin. — Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for die out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout