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Expire

Definition of Expire

  • 1. Lose validity Verb
  • 2. Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life Verb
  • 3. Expel air Verb

Synonyms for word "expire"

  • breathe out
  • exhale
  • buy the farm
  • cash in one's chips
  • choke
  • conk
  • croak
  • decease
  • die
  • drop dead
  • exit
  • give-up the ghost
  • go
  • kick the bucket
  • pass
  • pass away
  • perish
  • pop off
  • snuff it
  • run out

Semanticaly linked words with "expire"

  • discontinue
  • abort
  • change state
  • turn
  • asphyxiate
  • stifle
  • suffocate
  • buy it
  • pip out
  • drown
  • predecease
  • break
  • break down
  • conk out
  • die
  • fail
  • give out
  • give way
  • go
  • go bad
  • famish
  • starve
  • fall
  • succumb
  • yield
  • breathe
  • respire
  • suspire
  • take a breath
  • snort
  • blow

Lexical Analysis for "expire"

  1. expiratory
    Adjective
    derivation
    1
    1. of or relating to the breathing out phase of respiration
  2. expiration
    Noun
    derivation
    3
    1. the act of expelling air from the lungs
    2. euphemistic expressions for death
    3. a coming to an end of a contract period
Words Rhyme with expire
  • aspire
  • coconspire
  • conspire
  • empire
  • expire
  • inspire
  • perspire
  • respire
  • spire
  • suspire
  • transpire
  • umpire
  • vampire
Etymology for expire
  • etymology expirable
  • etymology expiree
  • etymology expirest
  • etymology expireth
  • etymologically related inspire
  • etymologically related respiration
  • etymologically related respire
  • etymologically related spirit
  • is derived from expiration
  • is derived from expired
  • is derived from expiree
  • is derived from expires
  • is derived from expiring
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