die off

Definitions

1. 1

   To suffer a series of deaths

   To suffer a series of deaths; to die one by one; to progressively become extinct. (If a group of plants, animals, or people dies off, the entire group dies over a period of time.)

2. 2

   To become defunct or nonexistent.

   • The student guitar club died off after a few years.
3. 3

   Of music, noise, etc., to reduce in volume until no longer audible.

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