Antonyms for expire
ɪkˈspaɪərex·pire

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1. expireverb

   to exhale; to breathe (out).

   Antonyms:
   inspire

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1. expire

   Die, to go out of life, become destitute of vital power and action, is figuratively applied to anything which has the appearance of life.

   Where the dying night-lamp flickers.

   Tennyson Locksley Hall st. 40.

   An echo, a strain of music, a tempest, a topic, an issue, dies. Expire (literally, to breathe out) is a softer word for die; it is used figuratively of things that cease to exist by reaching a natural limit; as, a lease expires; the time has expired. To perish (literally, in Latin, to go through, as in English we say, "the fire goes out") is oftenest used of death by privation or exposure; as, "I perish with hunger," Luke xv, 17; sometimes, of death by violence. Knowledge and fame, art and empires, may be said to perish; the word denotes utter destruction and decay.

   Antonyms:
   be born, be immortal, begin, come into being, come to life, exist, flourish, grow, live, rise again, rise from the dead, survive

   Synonyms:
   cease, decease, decline, depart, die, fade, perish, wither

   Preposition:
   To die of fever; by violence; rarely, with the sword, famine, etc. (Ezek. vii, 15); to die for one's country; to die at sea; in one's bed; in agony; die to the world.

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1. run out, expireverb

   lose validity

   "My passports expired last month"

   Synonyms:
   go, beetle off, conk out, choke, breathe out, bolt, croak, exit, perish, snuff it, pass away, cash in one's chips, run off, poop out, conk, bolt out, run down, drop dead, run out, drain, fail, peter out, die, pop off, buy the farm, give out, give-up the ghost, pass, kick the bucket, spill, decease, exhale

2. 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 itverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   fall, function, come about, perish, murmur, give way, elapse, hold out, pass out, run, go past, lead, top, give out, put across, go by, devolve, conk out, operate, cronk, travel, occur, last, die, scrag, fade, go away, excrete, reach, go, move, spend, rifle, slide by, asphyxiate, foul, breathe out, turn over, run low, die out, plump, legislate, happen, egest, fret, authorise, exceed, fleet, pass away, get out, drop dead, overstep, endure, give, draw, make it, congest, blend in, run short, pop off, get going, locomote, back up, choke off, make pass, suffocate, grumble, slip away, authorize, live, return, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, go out, fail, fall out, hap, slip by, go on, sink, eliminate, lapse, belong, mutter, clog, pass off, give-up the ghost, go bad, become flat, survive, blow over, get, take place, gag, snuff it, overhaul, throttle, become, go through, evanesce, live on, communicate, hand, croak, clog up, run out, choke, swoon, fit, go across, sound, overtake, transcend, glide by, gnarl, exhale, extend, start, depart, decease, faint, stifle, pall, pass, proceed, break down, clear, exit, conk, stall, travel by, buy the farm, hold up, pass along, break, go along, surpass, guide, pass by, leave, strangle, work, pass on

3. exhale, expire, breathe outverb

   expel air

   "Exhale when you lift the weight"

   Synonyms:
   go, perish, breathe out, conk, croak, pass away, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, give-up the ghost, emanate, drop dead, run out, exit, die, pop off, buy the farm, give forth, choke, pass, snuff it, decease, exhale

How to use expire in a sentence?

1. Faisal Shuaib:

   We had developed countries that procured these vaccines and hoarded them, at the point they were about to expire, they offered them for donation.

2. Mark Cohen:

   He's letting leases expire, he's abandoning stores. He keeps them open if it's expedient to stay open, obviously, they are all going to be gone shortly. You can count on that.

3. Victor Shum:

   When contracts expire there is more uncertainty and volatility associated with oil. For investors speculating, directionally WTI seems to be facing more pressure heading down. Brent will move upwards.

4. Kyle Pomerleau:

   Taxpayers also wouldn't notice any difference right now. They would only notice a difference relative to this hypothetical world in which the tax cuts were allowed to expire.

5. Thomas Paine:

   I fear not, I see not reason for fear. In the end we will be the victors. For though at times the flame of liberty may cease to shine, the ember will never expire.

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