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expiry

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Synonyms and Antonyms of expiry

1 the act of ceasing to exist

the expiry of a great empire is always a cataclysmic event

Synonyms of expiry

death, demise, expiration, termination

Words Related to expiry

dispersion, dissolution

cessation, close, conclusion, decease, discontinuance, doom, end, ending, finish, halt, lapse, passing, quietus, shutdown, shutoff, stop, stoppage, surcease

annihilation, destruction, ruin

Near Antonyms of expiry

existence, persistence, prolongation

inauguration, initiation, institution, origination

Antonyms of expiry

alpha, beginning, birth, commencement, creation, dawn, genesis, inception, incipience, incipiency, launch, morning, onset, outset, start

2 the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

once upon expiry, her soul entered the abode of the blessed dead

Synonyms of expiry

curtains, death, decease, demise, dissolution, doom, end, exit, expiration, fate, grave, great divide, passage, passing, quietus, sleep

Words Related to expiry

casualty, fatality

martyrdom, self-destruction, self-murder, self-slaughter, suicide

annihilation, destruction, ending, extermination, ruin

assassination, execution, killing, massacre, slaughter

Near Antonyms of expiry

existence, life

creation, genesis, origination, rise

Antonyms of expiry

birth, nativity

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