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expire
(/I/k'sp/aI//-/r )

verb (v)

  • lose validity(verb.stative)
    Example:
    My passports expired last month.
    Synonym:
    run out
    source: wordnet30
  • pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life(verb.change)
    Antonym:
    be born
    source: wordnet30
  • expel air(verb.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; - - opposed to inspire.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To emit the breath.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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