dies out
Fades to nothing
Dies out describes something gradually disappearing until nothing remains.
A species dies out when its last members perish.
A fire dies out when it burns through its fuel.
Customs, languages, and traditions die out when people stop practicing them: The dialect died out with the last generation of native speakers.
The phrase emphasizes slow fading rather than sudden ending.
- vanishCease to be visible
- fadeLose intensity gradually
- disappearPass from visibility
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- ceaseTo discontinue activity
expire · dying · dying breed · decline · end · on its last legs · eradicated · fading · extinguished · overexploited · faded away · desertified · dwindled · disbanded · fall by the wayside · archaic · obsolete · lost art
dies outsurvives
Remains alive despite hardship
persists · endures · lives on · continues · carries on
dies outthrives
Succeeds and grows
flourishes · proliferates · prospers · booms · multiplies
dies outemerges
Comes into view
revives · resurges · arises · springs up · comes into being
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