expire

expire
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. exhale, breathe out, emit; die, perish; end, cease, terminate, stop. See death, wind.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To end]
Syn. terminate, lapse, come to an end, run out; see stop 2 .
2. [To die]
Syn. pass on, depart, perish; see die 1 .
See Synonym Study at die .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. run out or die lapse, end, close, cease, discontinue, *kick the bucket, pass away, terminate. see die
2. exhale respire. see breathe
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To become void, especially through passage of time or an omission: lapse, run out. See CONTINUE, LAW. 2. To cease to exist: die (away or out), disappear. See LIVE. 3. To cease living: decease, demise, depart, die, drop, go, pass away, pass (on), perish, succumb. Informal: pop off. Slang: check out, croak, kick in, kick off. Idioms: bite the dust, breathe one's last, cash in, give up the ghost, go to one's grave, kick the bucket, meet one's end (or Maker), pass on to the Great Beyond, turn up one's toes. See LIVE. 4. To expel air in the process of respiration: breathe (out), exhale. See BREATH.

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