expel
to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.
to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college.
Origin of expel
1Other words for expel
Other words from expel
- ex·pel·la·ble, adjective
- re·ex·pel, verb (used with object), re·ex·pelled, re·ex·pel·ling.
- un·ex·pel·la·ble, adjective
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How to use expel in a sentence
The Guardian headlined a news story: “Venezuela's hardliner reappears as Nicolas Maduro expels US officials.”
He is all that a man should be—let me say it—I have never told you so before;—but is it true love expels friendship?
Alone | Marion HarlandSteno first proved the heart to be a muscle that contracts actively and expels the blood.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkIce will not imbibe this air, and therefore freezing expels it from water.
The throbbing of the heart is caused by its alternate expansion and contraction, as it receives and expels the blood.
A Treatise on Domestic Economy | Catherine Esther Beecher
A second machine of this kind completes the cutting and subdividing, and expels the air and water from it.
British Dictionary definitions for expel
/ (ɪkˈspɛl) /
to eject or drive out with force
to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc
Origin of expel
1Derived forms of expel
- expellable, adjective
- expellee (ˌɛkspɛˈliː), noun
- expeller, noun
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