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.

Other Word Forms

• unexpelled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of expelled¹

expel ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Using the energy from this rotation, M87* powers a particle jet expelled at nearly the speed of light, stretching across an immense 5,000 light-years.

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"I was worried we were going to get expelled. But now I'm happy we're settled here in France," she says.

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The court also expelled two of Machar's lawyers after the prosecution argued that they did not have valid licences.

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He was assassinated in 1934, ostensibly by an expelled party member with a grudge.

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Former Green Party deputy leader Dr Shahrar Ali has launched a second legal claim against the party after he was expelled last year.

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