expulsive
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Etymology
Origin of expulsive
1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French expulsive (feminine) < Medieval Latin expulsīvus. See expulsion, -ive
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In addition to the Alien franchise making its grand expulsive return this spring, doppelgänger release Life will likewise set an intelligent life form on a crew of unsuspecting astronauts trapped on a spacecraft.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 23, 2017
Excessive respiratory movements in which at first the expansive efforts of the thoracic muscles, afterwards the expulsive efforts of the abdominal wall, are most violent.
From Great Testimony against scientific cruelty by Stephen Coleridge
"The expulsive power of a new affection" is not merely a happy phrase; it is a fact in every day life.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Josephine A. Jackson
Surely because, to use the forcible language of Chalmers, “the expulsive power of a superior affection” had begun to make such exhibitions distasteful to him.
From Amos Huntingdon by Theodore P. Wilson
Mr. Jarvis—Have you ever heard about the expulsive power of a new—interest.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
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