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Verb expire has 3 senses
  1. run out, expire - lose validity; "My passports expired last month"
    --1 is one way to discontinue
    Derived form: noun expiration1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
  2. die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass - pass from physical life and lose all all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"
    --2 is one way to change state, turn
    Derived form: noun expiration2
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  3. exhale, expire, breathe out - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"
    --3 is one way to breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire
    Derived form: noun expiration3
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
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