expire
verb
ex·pire
ik-ˈspī(-ə)r 
usually for intransitive sense 3 and transitive sense 2 ek-
expired; expiring
1
: to breathe one's last breath : die
2
: to come to an end: such as
a
: to exceed its period of validity
The contract will expire next month.
b
: to pass its expiration date (see expiration date sense 2)
This milk has expired.
" … when drugs expire, you can't just leave these things lying around."—
Ed Haislmaier
Ed Haislmaier3
: to emit the breath
Synonyms
Examples of expire in a Sentence
My driver's license has expired.
She expired after a long illness.
measuring the volume of air expired from the lungs
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Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
But officials were forced to call it off, at the time citing an inability to gain adequate access to Miller’s veins before his death warrant expired.
—Dakin Andone, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
Before the 60-day period would have expired in June, Judge Larry Medlock raised his bond from $75,000 to $1.5 million, meaning Jamey would have to pay just over $1.4 million to be released, The Courier Journal previously reported.
—Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2024
Encarnacion, 26, began the season playing for Oaxaca in the Mexican League after not hearing from one major-league organization after his contract with the Miami Marlins expired last winter.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
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expire
verb
ex·pire
ik-ˈspī(ə)r
usually for sense 3 ek-
expired; expiring
1
: to breathe one's last breath : die
2
: to come to an end : be no longer in force
this offer expires March 1
my driver's license has expired
3
a
: to let the breath out
b
: to breathe out from or as if from the lungs
Medical Definition
expire
verb
ex·pire
ik-ˈspī(ə)r, usually for vi 2 and vt ek-
expired; expiring
: to breathe out from or as if from the lungs
the basal metabolism test … measures the amount of carbon dioxide expired by the lungs—J. D. Ratcliff
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