die-off
English
Etymology
From die off.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʌɪɒf/
Noun
die-off (plural die-offs)
- (chiefly biology) The act or process of dying off; extinction.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 361:
- A serious drought in 1785 and 1786 caused a die-off of cattle, which ruined many peasant families, especially in the south.
- 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 361:
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