Definition of Expire

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Expire

To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

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.

To emit; to give out.

To bring to a close; to terminate.

To emit the breath.

To emit the last breath; to breathe out the life; to die; as, to expire calmly; to expire in agony.

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.

To burst forth; to fly out with a blast.

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Expire Quotations

We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.
Isiah Thomas

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.
Aneurin Bevan

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government.
Marty Meehan

Copyrights have not expired, and will not expire, so long as Congress is free to be bought to extend them again.
Lawrence Lessig

If I planned everything out in advance, I'd expire of boredom.
Peter Straub

Expire Translations

expire in Afrikaans is sterf, ophou
expire in Dutch is aflopen, ophouden, uitgaan, eindigen
expire in Finnish is kuolla
expire in German is verfallen
expire in Italian is decorrere, decadere
expire in Portuguese is morrer
expire in Spanish is caducar, salirse

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