expel

[ ik-spel ]

/ ɪkˈspɛl /

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verb (used with object), ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling.

to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.

to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college.

Words nearby expel

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

Origin of expel

1350–1400; Middle English expellen < Latin expellere to drive out, drive away, equivalent to ex- ex-¹ + pellere to push, drive

SYNONYMS FOR expel

2 oust, dismiss, exile, excommunicate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM expel

ex·pel·la·ble, adjectivere·ex·pel, verb (used with object), re·ex·pelled, re·ex·pel·ling.un·ex·pel·la·ble, adjectiveun·ex·pelled, adjective

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Examples from the Web for expelled

Grimm could be forced from office if he is expelled by a two-thirds vote of the House.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Interestingly, if Grimm is expelled, he is not legally prohibited from running in the special election for his seat.
The Felon Who Wouldn’t Leave Congress|Ben Jacobs, David Freedlander|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We do know with great precision what happened to the expelled student.
Stonewall Jackson, VMI’s Most Embattled Professor|S. C. Gwynne|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He left, but many other mercenaries stayed, and two years later they were executed or expelled after a mutiny in Stanleyville.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

If you are found by a committee of students to be guilty of violating the Honor Code, you are expelled.
How UVA Is Failing Its Women|Allison McNearney|November 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When you are expelled from the Communist movement, does this affect whether or not you get out of the country?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
He was a Great Spirit, who was expelled from heaven, or the happy hunting grounds, because of his wickedness.
The Knight of the Golden Melice|John Turvill Adams
Only for a time; for again there were scandals, and he was expelled the diocese.
The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660|David Masson
For this a Senator is expelled; for this, also, the President is expelled.
History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, President of The United States|Edmund G. Ross
You're going to be lucky if you're not expelled before this meeting is through.
Little Brother|Cory Doctorow

British Dictionary definitions for expelled

expel

/ (ɪkˈspɛl) /

verb -pels, -pelling or -pelled (tr)

to eject or drive out with force

to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc

Derived forms of expel

expellable, adjectiveexpellee (ˌɛkspɛˈliː), nounexpeller, noun

Word Origin for expel

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

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expel

verb (used with object), ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling.

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verb -pels, -pelling or -pelled (tr)

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