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Definition of Die out

1. Verb. Become extinct. "Dinosaurs died out"

2. Verb. Cut or shape with a die. "Die out leather for belts"

Definition of Die out

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To become extinct ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Die Out

die die-cast die-hard die-hard(a) die-off die-offs die-sinker die away die back die down

die hard die in the arse die off die on the vine die out (current term) dieb dieback diebacks diebs diecast

diecasting diecasts diecious died died on the vine diedral diedrals diedre diedres

Literary usage of Die out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Growth of British Policy: An Historical Essay by John Robert Seeley (1895)
"This period saw on the one side the House of Philip II die out and the Spanish Habsburgs give place to the House of Bourbon; on the other side it saw the ..."

2. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau (1873)
"atable varieties die out, and have their period. Thig is that mankind. How cheap must be the material of which so many men are made. ..."

3. The Origin and Growth of the English Constitution: An Historical Treatise by Hannis Taylor (1898)
"... Primary as- blies died out and were succeeded by representative assem- die out blies founded on the principle of estates. ..."

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