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expel

[ ik-spel ]

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.

    Synonyms: excommunicate, exile, dismiss, oust



expel

/ ˌɛkspɛˈliː; ɪkˈspɛl /

verb

  1. to eject or drive out with force
  2. to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • expellee, noun
  • exˈpeller, noun
  • exˈpellable, adjective
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Other Words From

  • ex·pel·la·ble adjective
  • re·ex·pel verb (used with object) reexpelled reexpelling
  • un·ex·pel·la·ble adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of expel1

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”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of expel1

C14: from Latin expellere to drive out, from pellere to thrust, drive
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Example Sentences

Once people are part of the service, our leadership must be ruthless in discipling and expelling those who drift in this direction.

From Time

Water vapor expelled by the wearer’s body can fit between those scales and is absorbed by the hollow interior.

Now Hogg is calling on House Republicans to strip Greene of her committee assignments and expel her from Congress.

The tech titans have already booted dozens of conservatives off social media, and if they have their way, half the House Republican conference will be expelled from Congress.

My preferred method to expel excess moisture is to return the drained vegetables to the pot over low heat and stir for a minute or two before proceeding.

They wanted to expel the demons which they believed caused impure thoughts.

They expel difficult students and refuse to admit students that public schools have to admit—like kids with disabilities.

Simultaneously, a brigade of mercenaries and Congolese soldiers would seal off the city and expel the guerrillas.

After investigating the case and bringing together all of the evidence I moved to expel him from the Senate.

As an Ebola patient slips from bad to worse to dire, he can expel as many as two and a half gallons of effluvia a day.

The power to expel members is incident to every society or association unless organized primarily for gain.

According to the Meaux chronicler, he proceeded to expel them; but the particular acts are not recorded.

It never will be popular until the light which men hate shall expel the darkness which they love.

The foreign governments rained threats on the Federal Diet to make it expel the refugees.

Early in the fourteenth century the Irish septs united so far as to form a joint effort to expel the English.

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