Die-off

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdʌɪɒf/

Origin

From die off.

Full definition of die-off

Noun

1. (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.