Thesaurus: expire

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1. v. t. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.
2. v. t. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors.
3. v. t. To emit; to give out.
4. v. t. To bring to a close; to terminate.
5. v. i. To emit the breath.
6. v. i. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.
7. v. i. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday.
8. v. i. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.
9. v. lose validity
10. v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
11. v. expel air
12. 1. To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire. Anatomy exhibits the lungs in a continual motion of inspiring and expiring air. Harvey. This chafed the boar; his nostrils flames expire. Dryden. 2. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapor; to emit in minute particles; to exhale; as, the earth expires a damp vapor; plants expire odors. The expiring of cold out of the inward parts of the earth in winter. Bacon. 3. To emit; to give out. [Obs.] Dryden. 4. To bring to a close; to terminate. [Obs.] Expire the term Of a despised life. Shak. 1. To emit the breath. 2. To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony. 3. To come to an end; to cease; to terminate; to perish; to become extinct; as, the flame expired; his lease expires to-day; the month expired on Saturday. 4. To burst forth; to fly out with a blast. [Obs.] "The ponderous ball expires." Dryden.