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expelled

American  
[ik-speld] / ɪkˈspɛld /

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.

Other Word Forms

  • unexpelled adjective

Etymology

Origin of expelled

expel ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Separately, just 6% of people who are expelled from school, like Hughes, have any A-levels by age 19; the same low figure are attending higher education by age 24.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

She only found out where they were headed the day before being expelled from the United States.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

The tension between the question and the commitment isn’t a problem to be solved—even if, sometimes, it gets you expelled from Bible study.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

But after being expelled from the party, following a falling-out with then President Jacob Zuma, he went on to form the EFF.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

In the end, three eighteen-year-old white students were expelled for what they did to Williams, and a seventeen-year-old was suspended.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

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