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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Guys will literally die out there on the ice before getting beat one-on-one by another player. Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 2 May 2025 Some of this food even came from animals believed to have already died out on the island. Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2025 Heartland cities need to pivot with intention and haste—or risk dying out. Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025 But, while this group of people also had Neanderthal ancestry, their population must have died out, because their DNA doesn’t appear to contribute to modern-day genomes. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for die out

Word History

First Known Use

1853, in the meaning defined above

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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 21 May. 2025.

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