Expire

Verb

 * 1)  to die
 * The old librarian will expire next week.
 * 1)  to become invalid
 * My library card will expire next week.
 * 1)  to exhale; to breathe (out).
 * 2)  to exhale (something).
 * He escaped the garage and will expire the carbon monoxide he had been breathing.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:die

Antonyms

 * inspire

Derived terms

 * expiration
 * expiree

Related terms

 * inspire
 * respiration
 * respire
 * spirit

Thesaurus
advance, be all over, be annihilated, be destroyed, be done for, be lost, be no more, be wiped out, become extinct, become void, blow, blow over, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out, cease, cease to be, cease to exist, cease to live, close, come to naught, come to nothing, conclude, conk, conk out, continue, cough, croak, decease, demise, depart, depart this life, die, die away, die out, disappear, discontinue, dissolve, elapse, emit, end, endure, evacuate, evaporate, exhale, exhaust, expel, fade, fade away, fade out, fall, fall asleep, finish, flee, flit, flow, flow on, fly, fume, gasp, give off, give out, give vent to, glide, go, go by, go on, go out, gulp, hack, have it, have its time, hiccup, huff, inhale, inspire, kick off, lapse, last, leave no trace, let out, melt away, open the floodgates, open the sluices, pant, part, pass, pass away, pass by, pass on, pass over, peg out, perish, peter out, press on, proceed, puff, put off mortality, quit this world, reek, respire, return to dust, roll on, run, run its course, run on, run out, sigh, slide, slip, smoke, sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snore, snort, snuff, snuffle, steam, stop breathing, succumb, terminate, throw off, up and die, vanish, vapor, wear away, wear off, wheeze, yield the ghost

Etymology
From ex-: + spiro:

Translations

 * Danish: udånde
 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Scottish Gaelic: bàsaich, caochail, eug
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Danish: udløbe
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * French:
 * German:, , verfallen


 * Polish: wygasnąć
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: gå ut, löpa ut


 * Danish: ånde ud
 * Dutch:
 * French:


 * German: ausatmen
 * Swedish: andas ut


 * Dutch: ,


 * German: ausatmen

Anagrams

 * prexie

Anagrams

 * expier