expiring Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb lose validity
run out; expire.
- My passports expired last month
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verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
decease; give-up the ghost; pop off; perish; die; buy the farm; snuff it; choke; drop dead; pass away; expire; exit; croak; pass; go; kick the bucket; conk; cash in one's chips.
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
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verb expel air
exhale; expire; breathe out.
- Exhale when you lift the weight
WordNet
Ex*pir"ing adjective
Definitions
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Breathing out air from the lungs; emitting fluid or volatile matter; exhaling; breathing the last breath; dying; ending; terminating. -
Pertaining to, or uttered at, the time of dying; as, expiring words;expiring groans.