Adjective: expired ik'spI(-u)rd or ek'spI(-u)rd
- Having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time
"an expired passport"; "caught driving with an expired licence"
- Lose validity
"My passports expired last month";
- run out
- Cease to live
"The patient expired peacefully";
- die, decease [archaic], perish, go, exit, pass away, pass, kick the bucket [informal], cash in one's chips [informal], buy the farm [N. Amer, informal], conk [informal], give up the ghost [informal], drop dead [informal], pop off [informal], croak [informal], snuff it [informal], cash in [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], flatline [informal], pop one's clogs [informal], pass on
- Expel air
"She expired deeply after the exercise";
- exhale, breathe out
See also: die down, die off, invalid, terminated
Type of: breathe, change state, discontinue, respire, suspire [literary], take a breath, turn
Antonym: be born, inspire, unexpired
Encyclopedia: Expired
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