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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Example sentences from the Web for expellant
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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