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.

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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

Opposites
existence/survival

dies outsurvives

Remains alive despite hardship

persists · endures · lives on · continues · carries on

vitality/growth

dies outthrives

Succeeds and grows

flourishes · proliferates · prospers · booms · multiplies

emergence/origin

dies outemerges

Comes into view

revives · resurges · arises · springs up · comes into being

Family

die, dies, died, die out, die off, death, deadly, deadliness, deaden

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G