had been expelling

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of expel.
  expel

  verb (used with object)

  to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject.

Related Words

• ban
• banish
• bar
• dismiss
• displace
• eject
• evict
• exile
• oust