expulse

[ ik-spuhls ]

/ ɪkˈspʌls /

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verb (used with object), ex·pulsed, ex·puls·ing. Obsolete.

to expel.

RELATED WORDS

expel, blackball, blacklist, snub, shun, exclude, excommunicate, fire, topple, eject, depose, sack, dislodge, remove, lose, unseat, evict, dethrone, demote, dismiss

Nearby words

expt., exptl, exptl., expugn, expugnable, expulse, expulsion, expulsive, expulsive pain, expunction, expunge

Origin of expulse

< Latin expulsus; see expulsion

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Examples from the Web for expulse

Asad ibn Rabiya rose and said: 'Why cannot we expulse him from among us and banish him from our country?
The Life of Mohammad|Etienne Dinet