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English verb: expire | |||
| 1. | expire (stative) lose validity | ||
| Samples | My passports expired last month. | ||
| Synonyms | run out | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discontinue | ||
| 2. | expire (change) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abort, asphyxiate, buy it, drown, fall, famish, pip out, predecease, starve, stifle, succumb, suffocate, yield | ||
| Verb group | break, break down, conk out, die, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | ||
| Antonyms | be born | ||
| 3. | expire (body) expel air | ||
| Samples | Exhale when you lift the weight. | ||
| Synonyms | breathe out, exhale | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | blow, snort | ||
| Antonyms | breathe in, inhale, inspire | ||
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