to expire
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8.6
- verb
- /ɪkˈspaɪər/
- Formal
- He expired from a hemorrhage as a result of his brain tumor.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd like there's after the humans expired on planet Earth, then it was the dogs.
- And like there's after the humans expired on planet Earth, then it was the dogs.
- Anonymous, Aspire to inspire before you expire.
- I don't know if it's, I don't know if he'd expired.
- Aspire to inspire before you expire, Anonymous.
- Or does it depict the dead man God who has expired along with the two thieves on the cross at Calvary?
- And they're going to call and they're going to say, you know, we've had a patient expire or we've had a, we've got a client in need of your services.
- When you minimize who you are, you're expiring your spirit.
- And so mom expires pretty quickly.
Examples
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Be that as it may, our job is to meet the needs of the patient, until Doctor Garrett changes course or the patient expires.
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Once I removed the weapon, I realized that the suspect had expired.
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Or the doctors who allowed him to expire?
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But your little town just expired.
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Do they actually go to places where people have expired and see what has occurred?
Blog text (30) -
But then the lids of his eyes suddenly fell, and I thought he might expire on the steps.
Fiction book (1999) -
I thought some woman had come in to try on gowns and had expired right there on the carpet.
Fiction book (2001) -
In her bedroom in December 1969, Louise expired from an elegant cardiac arrest while the confounded hero looked on.
Academic text (1998) -
He had lost the power of speech, and expired with a smile of mingled gratitude and triumph.
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The patient finally expired after months of battling his illness.
Synonyms
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1.0
To stop living and no longer be alive
537
3.8
To stop living
258
2.7
To die, said in a gentle or polite way
121
6.0
To die suddenly or violently, often in large numbers
52
8.4
Die suddenly, often from shock or extreme tiredness
32
9.0
To die, said in a casual or joking way
7
8.6
To die, said in casual or joking speech
5
9.9
To die suddenly, often in an accident or during fighting
4
8.1
To die or stop working after a long time of problems
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9.9
To stop living and not come back
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8.3
To slowly fall apart and disappear over time
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9.1
To die, often said as a joke to make it seem less serious
To die in a light, not serious way
Antonyms
How Polite
Surface Forms
Morphology
expire = ex + spir
Though historically formed from ex- + spir- meaning 'breathe out', the connection to 'die' is not recoverable from modern English morphemes for most learners, so the composition is opaque.
Etymology
The word expire comes from Latin ex- 'out' and spirare 'to breathe'. That gives the simple image of someone 'breathing out' their last breath, which is why expire can mean 'to die'.