"expire" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

is a type of: discontinue - come to or be at an end

same as: run out
is a type of: change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
subtypes:
- abort - cease development, die, and be aborted
- asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
- buy it, pip out - be killed or die
- drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating
- predecease - die before; die earlier than
- famish, starve - die of food deprivation
- fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt
- succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
same as: 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
verb group:
- break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad - stop operating or functioning
- die - suffer or face the pain of death
is a type of: breathe, respire, suspire, take a breath - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs
subtypes:
- snort - make a snorting sound by exhaling hard
- blow - exhale hard
same as: breathe out, exhale