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Synonyms

expulse

American  
[ik-spuhls] / ɪkˈspʌls /

verb (used with object)

Obsolete.
expulsed, expulsing

  1. to expel.

Etymology

Origin of expulse

< Latin expulsus; expulsion

Example Sentences

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Asad ibn Rabiya rose and said: 'Why cannot we expulse him from among us and banish him from our country?

From The Life of Mohammad The Prophet of Allah by Dinet, Etienne

Thus must we worke that will auoide distrust, Thus must we practice to preuent mishap, And thus one ill another must expulse.

From The Spanish Tragedie by Kyd, Thomas

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