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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" Verb: expire ik'spI(-u)r or ek'spI(-u)r- Lose validity
"My passports expired last month"; - run out - Cease to live; lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- 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, pop off [informal], choke, croak [informal], snuff it [informal], flatline [informal], cop it [Brit, informal], cash in [informal], pop one's clogs [informal] - Expel air
"expire when you lift the weight"; - exhale, breathe out
See also: breathe, invalid, terminated Type of: breathe, change state, discontinue, respire, suspire [literary], take a breath, turn Antonym: unexpired Encyclopedia: Expired Expire |