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

The government has a longstanding program to breed sterile male flies and drop swarms of them from planes to mate with wild females, causing the flies to die out. — Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

The population dipped, only male mosquitoes survived and the gene died out in just two to three months after releases stopped, about three generations of mosquitoes. — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

When a massive asteroid impact triggered a global extinction 66 million years ago, almost all dinosaurs and early bird lineages died out. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026

When Wisconsin's yellowjackets will die out depends on upcoming weather and its effects on their food sources. — Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 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