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Adjective: expired ik'spIrd- Having come to an end or become void after passage of a period of time
"an expired passport"; "caught driving with an expired licence" Verb: expire ik'spIr- Lose validity
"My passports expired last month" - run out - Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm [N. Amer], conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it, pop one's clogs - Expel air
- exhale, breathe out
See also: expiration, expiratory, invalid, terminated Type of: breathe, change state, discontinue, respire, suspire, take a breath, turn Antonym: unexpired Encyclopedia: Expired |