expelled

[ik-speld]

adjective

1. driven or forced out or away; discharged.

   She drew in a long puff, then eyed her cigarette thoughtfully through the slowly expelled smoke.

2. cut off from membership or participation.

   An expelled student will be removed from all classes and will not be permitted to reenroll.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of expel.

Other Word Forms

• unexpelled adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of expelled¹

expel ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

They subsequently won back their seats in special elections, while a third legislator, state Rep. Gloria Johnson, was censured but not expelled.

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Emma Goldman was expelled from the country in 1919 and spent her last 20 years in exile from a United States she loved.

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Both countries suspended visa services and expelled each other's top diplomats.

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He expelled French troops, and brought in mercenaries from Russia's Wagner group, which is under Moscow's defence ministry.

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The following week the regime expelled her from the Assembly.

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