expelled

American  

[ik-speld] / ɪkˈspɛld /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unexpelled adjective

Etymology

Origin of expelled

expel ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

However, the deal has faced opposition domestically, as well as from Chagossians who were expelled in the 1960s to make way for the airbase.

From BBC

Ninety-nine years later, the country expelled the last of its colonizers, but by then the country was thoroughly hooked on cà phê.

From The Wall Street Journal

Naphat, 29, was expelled from the Games in December for "using unauthorised third-party software or hardware modification" during the Arena of Valor competition, a letter from a SEA Games delegate said at the time.

From Barron's

After Iraq's army was expelled from Kuwait, a ceasefire left Hussein in power.

From BBC

The new research found that the impact also expelled enough material from the binary system to slightly alter its path around the Sun.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• fired
• freed
• laid-off
• released
• sacked