expired

adjective

ex·pired ik-ˈspī(-ə)rd How to pronounce expired (audio)

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formal : dead, deceased

—often used as a euphemistic or humorous alternative to dead

A shovel, bucket, trash bags, and gloves are also useful items for cleaning up expired wildlife.

Jeffrey Price and Jeffrey Forrest… I've exercised my maternal instincts on him, doing a far better job of keeping him alive than all those expired plants now in the great compost pile in the sky.

Kerry QuinnThere, firmly lodged within the pipe and obstructing the flow of water, was a catfish. The expired creature was removed, brought on board, and mounted in the main passenger cabin for all to see.

John Laurence Busch

: no longer valid : having exceeded its period of validity

expired licenses

an expired contract

… Mr. Adams uses homemade software to download online books with expired copyrights …

Michael M. Phillips

: having passed its expiration date (see expiration date sense 2)

expired milk

expired drugs

… networks that now take us into the homes of people who treasure their expired tuna cans more than they do their children …

Carina Chocano

: emitted as or in a person's breath : breathed out

… the person exhales into a container at regular intervals and technicians measure the amount of hydrogen in the expired air.

Colleen Sauber

expired 1 of 2

adjective

as in defunct

no longer existing a wildlife organization dedicated to ensuring that the giant panda not be added to the list of expired species

Synonyms & Similar Words

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defunct
extinct
vanished
gone
done
departed
obsolete
faded
bygone
dead
lapsed
fallen
terminated
nonextant
dying
collapsed
nonexistent
lost
dated
bypast
antiquated
moribund
finished
overthrown
missing
passé

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

existing
alive
extant
active
existent
living
dynamic
thriving
vibrant

expired

2 of 2

verb

past tense of expire

as in ended

to come to an end speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired

Synonyms & Similar Words

ended
ceased
stopped
concluded
halted
terminated
passed
lapsed
died
closed
discontinued
finished
stalled
went
elapsed
broke off
left off
determined
wound up
broke up
quit
let up
suspended
quitted
dead-ended
paused
winded up
winked (out)
bit the dust
stayed
knocked off
cut out
broke down
abated
laid off (of)
refrained (from)
gave over
wound down
desisted (from)
packed (up or in)
conked (out)
winded down
petered (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

continued
persisted
extended
hung on
prolonged
protracted
drew out

as in exhaled

to let or force out of the lungs he vows to hold on to that belief until he expires his last breath

Synonyms & Similar Words

exhaled
expelled
breathed (out)
blew (out)
expectorated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

inhaled
inspired
inbreathed

as in died

to stop living made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards

Synonyms & Similar Words

died
fell
perished
disappeared
ended
departed
deceased
succumbed
faded
demised
passed away
exited
popped off
bought it
dropped
went
stepped out
kicked off
parted
flatlined
checked out
kicked in
snuffed it
croaked
failed
pegged out
passed (on)
gave up the ghost
kicked the bucket
conked (out)
bought the farm
consumed
bit the dust
dried up
predeceased

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

revived
lived
breathed
came to
existed
lingered
was
flourished
subsisted
thrived
prospered
throve

as in released

archaic to throw or give off linden trees expiring their rich perfume

Synonyms & Similar Words

released
issued
emitted
radiated
cast
expelled
evolved
eliminated
exhaled
emanated
discharged
irradiated
gave out
threw out
poured
shot
vented
evacuated
excreted
erupted
sent (out)
ejected
exuded
sprayed
oozed
secreted
squirted
outpoured
spurted
spewed
gushed
spouted
jetted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

absorbed
inhaled
soaked (up)
took up
sucked (up)
sponged

单词	expired
释义	expired adjective ex·pired ik-ˈspī(-ə)rd ek- 1 formal : dead, deceased —often used as a euphemistic or humorous alternative to dead A shovel, bucket, trash bags, and gloves are also useful items for cleaning up expired wildlife. Jeffrey Price and Jeffrey Forrest… I've exercised my maternal instincts on him, doing a far better job of keeping him alive than all those expired plants now in the great compost pile in the sky. Kerry QuinnThere, firmly lodged within the pipe and obstructing the flow of water, was a catfish. The expired creature was removed, brought on board, and mounted in the main passenger cabin for all to see. John Laurence Busch 2 : no longer valid : having exceeded its period of validity expired licenses an expired contract … Mr. Adams uses homemade software to download online books with expired copyrights … Michael M. Phillips 3 : having passed its expiration date (see expiration date sense 2) expired milk expired drugs … networks that now take us into the homes of people who treasure their expired tuna cans more than they do their children … Carina Chocano 4 : emitted as or in a person's breath : breathed out … the person exhales into a container at regular intervals and technicians measure the amount of hydrogen in the expired air. Colleen Sauber Synonyms bygone bypast dead defunct departed done extinct gone nonextant vanished See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History First Known Use 1631, in the meaning defined at sense 1 expired 1 of 2 adjective as in defunct no longer existing a wildlife organization dedicated to ensuring that the giant panda not be added to the list of expired species Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance defunct extinct vanished gone done departed obsolete faded bygone dead lapsed fallen terminated nonextant dying collapsed nonexistent lost dated bypast antiquated moribund finished overthrown missing passé Antonyms & Near Antonyms existing alive extant active existent living dynamic thriving vibrant See More expired 2 of 2 verb past tense of expire 1 as in ended to come to an end speakers will not be allowed to continue after their allotted time has expired Synonyms & Similar Words ended ceased stopped concluded halted terminated passed lapsed died closed discontinued finished stalled went elapsed broke off left off determined wound up broke up quit let up suspended quitted dead-ended paused winded up winked (out) bit the dust stayed knocked off cut out broke down abated laid off (of) refrained (from) gave over wound down desisted (from) packed (up or in) conked (out) winded down petered (out) Antonyms & Near Antonyms continued persisted extended hung on prolonged protracted drew out See More 2 as in exhaled to let or force out of the lungs he vows to hold on to that belief until he expires his last breath Synonyms & Similar Words exhaled expelled breathed (out) blew (out) expectorated Antonyms & Near Antonyms inhaled inspired inbreathed 3 as in died to stop living made one last visit to his homeland and expired not long afterwards Synonyms & Similar Words died fell perished disappeared ended departed deceased succumbed faded demised passed away exited popped off bought it dropped went stepped out kicked off parted flatlined checked out kicked in snuffed it croaked failed pegged out passed (on) gave up the ghost kicked the bucket conked (out) bought the farm consumed bit the dust dried up predeceased Antonyms & Near Antonyms revived lived breathed came to existed lingered was flourished subsisted thrived prospered throve See More 4 as in released archaic to throw or give off linden trees expiring their rich perfume Synonyms & Similar Words released issued emitted radiated cast expelled evolved eliminated exhaled emanated discharged irradiated gave out threw out poured shot vented evacuated excreted erupted sent (out) ejected exuded sprayed oozed secreted squirted outpoured spurted spewed gushed spouted jetted Antonyms & Near Antonyms absorbed inhaled soaked (up) took up sucked (up) sponged
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