die away

The fear is that, if this continues, vast areas of rainforest could die away and become a savannah or dry grassland ecosystem.

The cacophony of an independence referendum campaign which had echoed through Scotland for three years had died away and Alex Salmond, so often the embodiment of pugnacious self-confidence, appeared pale and drained.

As a poisoned rat dies away from the bait box, Predator Free Wellington needs the autopsies to monitor effectiveness.

"It wasn't going to die away - it was something bigger than that," Mr Whitworth said.

There’s a Vietnamese superstition: If you die away from home, your soul will become restless and won’t leave for the afterlife.