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expire

/ɛkˈspaɪ.ə(ɹ)/

verb

Meaning

  • To die.

    "The patient expired in hospital."

  • To lapse and become invalid.

    "My library card will expire next week."

  • To exhale; to breathe out.

  • To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.

  • To bring to a close; to terminate.