die off

die off
verb
become extinct
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Dinosaurs died out

• Syn: ↑die out
• Hypernyms: ↑disappear, ↑vanish, ↑go away
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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intransitive verb
: to be removed severally or in numbers by death

her few remaining kinfolk died off one by one

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die off
To die quickly or in large numbers
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Main Entry: ↑die

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ˌdie ˈoff [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they die off he/she/it dies off present participle dying off past tense died off past participle died off] phrasal verb
if a group dies off, the members die one by one until none exist

The generation that fought in the war are all dying off.

Thesaurus: to die or to be killedsynonym
Main entry: die

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die off [phrasal verb]
: to die one after another so that fewer and fewer are left

The remaining members of her family gradually died off.

The animals died off one by one.

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Main Entry: ↑die

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ˌdie ˈoff derived
to die one after the other until there are none left

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The reindeer herds are slowly dying off.

Main entry: ↑diederived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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