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Meaning of expire

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  expire
      v 1: lose validity; "My passports expired last month" [syn: {run
           out}, {expire}]
      2: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and
         functions necessary to sustain life; "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" [syn: {die}, {decease}, {perish}, {go}, {exit}, {pass
         away}, {expire}, {pass}, {kick the bucket}, {cash in one's
         chips}, {buy the farm}, {conk}, {give-up the ghost}, {drop
         dead}, {pop off}, {choke}, {croak}, {snuff it}] [ant: {be
         born}]
      3: expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight" [syn: {exhale},
         {expire}, {breathe out}] [ant: {breathe in}, {inhale},
         {inspire}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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