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expire

expire
Intransitive VerbTransitive Verb
past: expiredpp: expireding: expiring

This term carries a clinical or formal tone when referring to death, often used in medical or legal contexts to soften the bluntness of the word die. It suggests a natural conclusion or the final breath of a life cycle.

In administrative contexts, it describes the precise moment a legal agreement or document loses its power. This creates a sense of a hard deadline or a sudden transition from validity to invalidity.

Meanings

Intransitive Verbexpire

To come to an end or cease to be valid after a specific date or period.

The driver's license will expire at the end of the month.

Intransitive Verbexpire

To breathe out one's last breath and die.

The patient continued to struggle for air until he finally expired.

Transitive Verbexpire
[~ something]

To breathe out air from the lungs.

The therapist instructed the patient to expire slowly through the nose.

Phrasal Verbs

expire out

to reach the end of a designated period of time or validity

The promotional offer will expire out by midnight on Friday.

Related Words

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