expire
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- (intransitive) If someone expires, they die.
- (intransitive) If something expires, it ends, usually becoming invalid.
- (intransitive) If food expires, it passes its expiration date, or the date it should not be eaten.
- All the milk on the shelves has expired.
- (transitive & intransitive) If you expire, you breathe out.
- Synonym: exhale
- Antonym: inspire