All die out synonyms
die out
D d verb die out
- subside β to sink to a low or lower level.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- lower β to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- slacken β If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle β to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- lessen β to become less.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
- temper β a particular state of mind or feelings.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- abate β If something bad or undesirable abates, it becomes much less strong or severe.
- subside β to sink to a low or lower level.
- curtail β If you curtail something, you reduce or limit it.
- shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
- retire β a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
- go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- melt β to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.
- dissipate β to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
- fade β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- perish β to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- sink β to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
- flee β to run away, as from danger or pursuers; take flight.
- retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
- fly β to move through the air using wings.
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
- withdraw β to draw back, away, or aside; take back; remove: She withdrew her hand from his. He withdrew his savings from the bank.
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- dissolve β to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- wither β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- decay β When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- die down β If something dies down, it becomes very much quieter or less intense.
- degenerate β If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- fall back β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- deteriorate β If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- fall away β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- taper off β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- atrophy β If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness.
- cut β If you cut something, you use a knife or a similar tool to divide it into pieces, or to mark it or damage it. If you cut a shape or a hole in something, you make the shape or hole by using a knife or similar tool.
- abbreviate β If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
- taper β to become smaller or thinner toward one end.
- retrench β to cut down, reduce, or diminish; curtail (expenses).