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expire
1. v. (intransitive) To die.
The patient expired in hospital.
2. v. (intransitive) To lapse and become invalid.
My library card will expire next week.
3. v. To exhale; to breathe out.
4. v. To give forth insensibly or gently, as a fluid or vapour; to emit in minute particles.
5. v. To bring to a close; to terminate.

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They are due to expire at the end of December and are the only weapon they have left.

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