Expire

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  • intransitive verb. To come to an end; terminate.
  • intransitive verb. To breathe one's last breath; die.
  • intransitive verb. To exhale; breathe out.
  • intransitive verb. To breathe (something) out.
  • intransitive verb. To give (something) off.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To breathe out; expel from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; emit from the lungs: opposed to inspire.
  • To give out or forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or volatile matter; exhale; yield.
  • To exhaust; wear out; bring to an end.
  • To emit the breath: opposed to inspire. Specifically
  • To emit the last breath; die.
  • To come to an end; close or conclude, as a given period; come to nothing; cease; terminate; fail or perish; end: as, the lease will expire on the first day of May; all his hopes of empire expired.
  • To come out; fly out.
  • Synonyms Perish, etc. See die.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
  • transitive verb. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale
  • transitive verb. To emit; to give out.
  • transitive verb. To bring to a close; to terminate.
  • intransitive verb. To emit the breath.
  • intransitive verb. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die
  • intransitive verb. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct
  • intransitive verb. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. to die
  • verb. to become invalid
  • verb. to exhale; to breathe (out).
  • verb. to exhale (something).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
  • verb. expel air
  • verb. lose validity
  • Word Usage
    "Justice David Prosser, one of the four-justice unofficial conservative majority, sees his term expire this year."
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    inspire  
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    Gire  Gyr  Tyre  admire  afire  
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