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Die off
Die off verb - Become extinct.
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Attending a benefit at the museum, she meets the various suspects, who quickly begin to die off one by one.
Source: Video Game / Laura Bow - In reality nobody gave a damn about the monkeys until WW2 (to the point nobody knows for sure *when* did the first monkey arrive there to begin with), when the population had coincidentally dwindled to 7 and was about to die off, requiring the introduction of several new animals from North Africa.
Source: Newer Than They Think -
Jim survives, all the main characters survive the mansion assault at the end, the infected begin to die off from starvation, and a passing jet sees their distress message laid out in the grass and radios in a rescue.
Source: Film / 28 Days Later
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