expel
verb (used with object)
to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject.
have expelled
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present perfectof expel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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If a third black hole arrived during another galactic merger, the resulting three-body interaction could have expelled the smallest black hole from the center.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
The two countries have expelled each others' embassy staff several times in recent years.
From Barron's ● Jan. 15, 2026
“A reasonable university would have expelled, or at least suspended, Flores.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2024
Both have expelled one of the other's diplomats and it's unclear how they now pull back from the brink.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2023
They seem to have expelled the Hittites, who held Mamre, or Hebron, in Abraham's time.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren
