expellant

or ex·pel·lent

[ ik-spel-uh nt ]

/ ɪkˈspɛl ənt /

adjective

expelling, or having the power to expel.

Nearby words

expediter, expedition, expeditionary, expeditious, expel, expellant, expellee, expeller, expellers, expend, expendable

Origin of expellant

1815–25; variant of expellent (see -ant) < Latin expellent- (stem of expellēns), present participle of expellere to expel; see -ent

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples 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

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