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   exhale

   /ɛksˈheɪl/

   verb

   • 1. breathe out: "she sat back and exhaled deeply" Similar breathe outblow outpuff outtechnical:expireOpposite inhale
   • ▪ give off (vapour or fumes): "the jungle exhaled mists of early morning" Similar give offemanatesend forthemitdischargerare:exsufflate

   Word Origin late Middle English (in the sense ‘be given off as vapour’): from Old French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex- ‘out’ + halare ‘breathe’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. exhalable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • E

     1

   • X

     8

   • H

     4

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • E

     1

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