expelled

[ ik-speld ]

adjective

1. driven or forced out or away; discharged:

   She drew in a long puff, then eyed her cigarette thoughtfully through the slowly expelled smoke.

2. cut off from membership or participation:

   An expelled student will be removed from all classes and will not be permitted to reenroll.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of expel ( def ).

Other Words From

• un·ex·pelled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of expelled¹

expel ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

Nevertheless, border officials tested unaccompanied children seeking asylum — and expelled them even if their results were negative.

From ProPublica

The superconducting fluid also expels magnetic fields — an effect that could allow magnetically levitating vehicles to float frictionlessly above superconducting rails.

From Quanta Magazine

The team also applied an oscillating magnetic field to the material, and showed that, when the material became a superconductor, it expelled that magnetic field from its interior, another sign of superconductivity.

From Science News

The Commission on Presidential Debates has promised to expel anyone from the debate hall in Utah who does not follow a mandate to wear a mask indoors.

From Washington Post

Last month, Cai Xia, a former teacher at the Party’s top academy, was also expelled from the Party after her denouncement of Xi as a “mafia boss” in a recording leaked online.

From Quartz

Grimm could be forced from office if he is expelled by a two-thirds vote of the House.

From The Daily Beast

Interestingly, if Grimm is expelled, he is not legally prohibited from running in the special election for his seat.

From The Daily Beast

We do know with great precision what happened to the expelled student.

From The Daily Beast

He left, but many other mercenaries stayed, and two years later they were executed or expelled after a mutiny in Stanleyville.

From The Daily Beast

If you are found by a committee of students to be guilty of violating the Honor Code, you are expelled.

From The Daily Beast

They affirmed it was an antidote to all poison; that it expelled rheums, sour humours, and obstructions of all kinds.

From Project Gutenberg

Likewise a large part of the Japanese have been expelled, so that for a long time there have not been so few of them here as now.

From Project Gutenberg

Rash Americans were apt to say the danger was over now that the French were "expelled from Canada."

From Project Gutenberg

A member who has been wrongfully expelled may be restored by a mandamus proceeding issued by a court.

From Project Gutenberg

The general assembly of Corsica, consisting of 1,009 delegates, unanimously expelled the Bonaparte family.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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