obsolesce

[ ob-suh-les ]

verb (used without object)

, ob·so·lesced, ob·so·lesc·ing.

1. to be or become obsolescent.

obsolesce

/ ˌɒbsəˈlɛs /

verb

1. intr to become obsolete

Word History and Origins

Origin of obsolesce¹

1870–75; < Latin obsolescere; obsolete

Example Sentences

In the phrases that follow, his young children come shuffling toward his bedroom, and in addition to obsolescing the alarm clock, they’re also here to deliver a little lesson about how reality and imagination conjoin.

From Washington Post

And they are using that power to obsolesce the skinny jean while making mom jeans fashionable.

From Washington Post

For many vendors seeking to sell employers on new workplace health and safety tools however, coronavirus solutions — which will quickly obsolesce once a vaccine is developed — are not the endgame, analysts said.

From New York Times

What a bizarre triumph for a company so eager to obsolesce our televisions.

From Washington Post

Musk said that all of SpaceX’s resources would be poured into developing the BFR when he announced the new rocket architecture, and that it would eventually obsolesce both the Falcon Heavy and the Falcon 9.

From The Verge