die off's Usage Examples:

The fertile fronds, which die off in the winter, are darker green and stand upright, while the sterile fronds are evergreen and lie flat.

disease, a progressive disease in which the nerve cells controlling voluntary muscle movement degenerate and die off.

This will cause the samphires to die off and the mangroves to increase.

certain circumstances will cause the organism to rapidly degenerate and die off.

known as Purkinje cells, located in the cerebellum of the brain, begin to die off.

In November 2007, it was announced that the character would die off-screen and in April 2008 his funeral was screened as part of a special.

In the early 21st century, baobabs in southern Africa began to die off rapidly from a cause yet to be determined.

The trunk later branches forming a crown and the basal branches die off.

It is widely believed that neurons die off gradually as we age, yet some older memories can be stronger than most.

However, the long-term trend is for plant life to die off altogether.

or even old age, outer leaves will die off, turning golden brown and shriveling away.

is intentionally killed by additional fortification, or is allowed to die off through non-replenishment.

species with annual colony cycles, only gynes can enter diapause and overwinter, while workers – both non-reproductive and reproductive – die off.

Synonyms:

go bad, pass away, drown, fail, break, starve, pass, give-up the ghost, famish, go, fall, choke, give out, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy it, succumb, exit, decease, abort, asphyxiate, perish, change state, stifle, pop off, buy the farm, give way, predecease, croak, snuff it, suffocate, break down, conk, conk out, turn, expire, drop dead, yield, pip out,

Antonyms:

be born, survive, validate, continue, conform to,