expel

[ ik-spel ]
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verb (used with object),ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling.
  1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.

  2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college.

Origin of expel

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English expellen, from Latin expellere “to drive out, drive away,” equivalent to ex- ex-1 + pellere “to push, drive”

Other 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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British Dictionary definitions for expel

expel

/ (ɪkˈspɛl) /


verb-pels, -pelling or -pelled (tr)
  1. to eject or drive out with force

  2. to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc

Origin of expel

1
C14: from Latin expellere to drive out, from pellere to thrust, drive

Derived forms of expel

  • expellable, adjective
  • expellee (ˌɛkspɛˈliː), noun
  • expeller, noun

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