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expire

/ expire /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
expel air
"Exhale when you lift the weight"
Opposites:
inhale inspire breathe in
Type of:
breathe take a breath respire
Kinds of:
snort blow
Derived:
exhalation expiration breathing out halitus
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
lose validity
"My passports expired last month"
Type of:
discontinue
Derived:
termination expiration expiry
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
verb Sense 3
pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
"She died from cancer"
"They children perished in the fire"
"The patient went peacefully"
Opposites:
be born
Type of:
change state turn
Kinds of:
suffocate stifle asphyxiate buy it pip out
Derived:
passing loss departure exit expiration
Verb group:
die fail go bad give way give out
See also:
die out die off die back die down
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
64%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
38
Times Searched
3
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Related Words

breathe take a breath respire snort blow inhale inspire breathe in discontinue change state turn suffocate