expire

expire
Synonyms and related words:
advance, be all over, be annihilated, be destroyed, be done for, be lost, be no more, be wiped out, become extinct, become void, blow, blow over, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cease to live, close, come to naught, come to nothing, conclude, conk, conk out, continue, cough, croak, decease, demise, depart, depart this life, die, die away, die out, disappear, discontinue, dissolve, elapse, emit, end, endure, evacuate, evaporate, exhale, exhaust, expel, fade, fade away, fade out, fall, fall asleep, finish, flee, flit, flow, flow on, fly, fume, gasp, give off, give out, give vent to, glide, go, go by, go on, go out, gulp, hack, have it, have its time, hiccup, huff, inhale, inspire, kick off, lapse, last, leave no trace, let out, melt away, open the floodgates, open the sluices, pant, part, pass, pass away, pass by, pass on, pass over, peg out, perish, peter out, press on, proceed, puff, put off mortality, quit this world, reek, respire, return to dust, roll on, run, run its course, run on, run out, sigh, slide, slip, smoke, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, steam, stop breathing, succumb, terminate, throw off, up and die, vanish, vapor, wear away, wear off, wheeze, yield the ghost

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  • expiré — expiré, ée (èk spi ré, rée) part. passé. 1°   Expulsé du poumon. De l air expiré. 2°   Mort. •   S il paraît quelque mieux dans l état du malade.... dès qu il est expiré, la douleur éclate par les cris et les sanglots, BOSSUET Pensées chrét. 38.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • Expire — Ex*pire , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expired}; p. pr & vb. n. {Expiring}.] [L. expirare, exspirare, expiratum, exspiratum; ex out + spirare to breathe: cf. F. expirer. See {Spirit}.] 1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Expire — Ex*pire , v. i. 1. To emit the breath. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony. [1913 Webster] 3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • expiré — ⇒EXPIRÉ, ÉE, part. passé et adj. I. Part. passé de expirer. II. Emploi adj. [Correspond à expirer B] A. [Le déterminé désigne un animé] Rare, littér. Qui a rendu son dernier soupir, qui a cessé d être. Mes amis expirés. Synon. décédé, mort; anton …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • expire — c.1400, to die, from M.Fr. expirer (12c.) expire, elapse, from L. expirare/exspirare breathe out, breathe one s last, die, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + spirare to breathe (see SPIRIT (Cf. spirit)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • expire — [v1] come to an end bite the dust*, buy it*, cash in chips*, cease, close, conclude, croak*, decease, depart, die, elapse, end, finish, go, kick the bucket*, lapse, pass, pass away, pass on, pass over, perish, quit, run out, stop, strike out*,… …   New thesaurus

  • expire — I verb animam edere, become void, cease, cease to be, close, come to a close, come to an end, conclude, decease, depart, die, die away, die out, disappear, discontinue, draw to a close, elapse, end, exspirare, fade away, finish, go, lapse, pass,… …   Law dictionary

  • expire — *pass, pass away, elapse Analogous words: end, terminate, *close: cease, discontinue (see STOP) Contrasted words: *begin, commence, start …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • expire — ► VERB 1) (of a document or agreement) come to the end of the period of validity. 2) (of a period of time) come to an end. 3) (of a person) die. 4) technical exhale (air) from the lungs. DERIVATIVES expiration noun expiratory adjective …   English terms dictionary

  • expire — [ek spīr′, ikspīr′] vt. expired, expiring [ME expiren < L exspirare < ex , out + spirare, to breathe: see SPIRIT] 1. to breathe out (air from the lungs) 2. Obs. to give off (an odor, etc.) vi. 1. to breathe out air 2 …   English World dictionary

  • expire — Situation in which the expiration date for an option passes without the option being exercised or offset. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Glossary * * * expire ex‧pire [ɪkˈspaɪə ǁ ˈspaɪr] verb [intransitive] 1. LAW if an official document such as a… …   Financial and business terms

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