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expellant
or ex·pel·lent
[ ik-spel-uhnt ]
/ ɪkˈspɛl ənt /
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adjective
expelling, or having the power to expel.
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Words nearby expellant
expedition, expeditionary, expeditious, expeditiously, expel, expellant, expelled, expellee, expeller, expellers, expend
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How to use expellant in a sentence
The construction of the gun being perfect, the question is, can the expellant force be brought to an equal state of perfection?
Gunnery in 1858|William Greener
British Dictionary definitions for expellant
expellant
expellent
/ (ɪkˈspɛlənt) /
adjective
forcing out or having the capacity to force out
noun
a medicine used to expel undesirable substances or organisms from the body, esp worms from the digestive tract
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