dying off
Species becoming extinct
Dying off describes a population or group gradually declining through death until few or none remain.
It emphasizes the process rather than a single event: The old guard is dying off, Native speakers of the language are dying off.
Species die off from habitat loss; traditions die off as practitioners age.
The phrase suggests inevitable, generational disappearance.
- disappearanceAct of going missing
- declineDecrease or refuse
- endFinal portion or cessation
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
on the decline · going extinct · die · fading away · demise · endangered species · breeding pairs · population crash · petering out · attrition · going away · mortality · natural selection · diminishing · reduction · depletion · overexploitation · loss
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- Deteriorationdecay, rot, degradation, deterioration, corrosion
dying offmultiplying
Increasing by repeated addition
proliferating · thriving · reproducing · breeding · increasing
dying offthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · prospering · blooming · coming alive · blossoming