expelled

[ ik-speld ]

/ ɪkˈspɛld /

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adjective

driven or forced out or away; discharged:She drew in a long puff, then eyed her cigarette thoughtfully through the slowly expelled smoke.

cut off from membership or participation:An expelled student will be removed from all classes and will not be permitted to reenroll.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of expel.

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Origin of expelled

expel + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM expelled

un·ex·pelled, adjective

Words nearby expelled

expeditionary, expeditious, expeditiously, expel, expellant, expelled, expellee, expeller, expellers, expend, expendable

How to use expelled in a sentence

Nevertheless, border officials tested unaccompanied children seeking asylum — and expelled them even if their results were negative.
Inside the Fall of the CDC|by James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg|October 15, 2020|ProPublica
The superconducting fluid also expels magnetic fields — an effect that could allow magnetically levitating vehicles to float frictionlessly above superconducting rails.
Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time|Charlie Wood|October 14, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The team also applied an oscillating magnetic field to the material, and showed that, when the material became a superconductor, it expelled that magnetic field from its interior, another sign of superconductivity.
The first room-temperature superconductor has finally been found|Emily Conover|October 14, 2020|Science News
The Commission on Presidential Debates has promised to expel anyone from the debate hall in Utah who does not follow a mandate to wear a mask indoors.
Pence team agrees to plexiglass barrier on his side of debate stage|Michael Scherer, Josh Dawsey|October 7, 2020|Washington Post

Last month, Cai Xia, a former teacher at the Party’s top academy, was also expelled from the Party after her denouncement of Xi as a “mafia boss” in a recording leaked online.
China’s jailing of an outspoken property tycoon is a warning to its elites: Stay quiet|Jane Li|September 22, 2020|Quartz
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
They affirmed it was an antidote to all poison; that it expelled rheums, sour humours, and obstructions of all kinds.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Likewise a large part of the Japanese have been expelled, so that for a long time there have not been so few of them here as now.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Rash Americans were apt to say the danger was over now that the French were "expelled from Canada."
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker
A member who has been wrongfully expelled may be restored by a mandamus proceeding issued by a court.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
The general assembly of Corsica, consisting of 1,009 delegates, unanimously expelled the Bonaparte family.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell