Expire and Survive

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Expire

Expire verb - To come to an end.
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Survive is an antonym for expire.
Nearby Words: expiry, expired, expiration, expiring

Survive

Survive verb - To come safely through.
Usage example: the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall
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Expire is an antonym for survive.
Nearby Words: survival, surviving, survivor, survivorship
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wounds expire wounds survive wounds

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  • Harmless Electrocution As of the third game, any Pikmin can survive it as long as you whistle at them quickly enough, the electricity instead leaving them unconscious and twitching for a moment before they expire.
    Source: Harmless Electrocution
  • Series / The Outer Limits (1995) However, their hosts burn out rapidly, they can't survive for long without one, and their current hosts are just about to expire.
    Source: Series / The Outer Limits (1995)
  • Body Surf Ordinary humans cannot survive it for long, so he spends the last few months of his life hopping from body to body as they expire increasingly quickly.
    Source: Body Surf
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