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expel
[ ik-spel ]
verb (used with object)
- to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject:
to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.
- to cut off from membership or relations:
to expel a student from a college.
Synonyms: excommunicate, exile, dismiss, oust
expel
/ ˌɛkspɛˈliː; ɪkˈspɛl /
verb
- to eject or drive out with force
- to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc
Derived Forms
- expellee, noun
- exˈpeller, noun
- exˈpellable, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ex·pel·la·ble adjective
- re·ex·pel verb (used with object) reexpelled reexpelling
- un·ex·pel·la·ble adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of expel1
Example Sentences
Ovsiannikov, the former governor of Sevastopol, also served as the Russian Federation's deputy minister for industry and trade before he was dismissed and expelled from the ruling United Russia party in 2020.
Thursday's order to expel the aid groups was made by the internationally recognised government based in the capital, Tripoli.
Scenarios that involve Sun being expelled by China or Americans going in to arrest him to face charges in Allen’s death are both unrealistic, he said.
In one of his first interviews since being expelled from the US, Rasool added: "I'm saying when a piece of wood has a hinge, you begin to suspect it's a door."
Jean-Marie was expelled from the party - then called the National Front - in 2015 by his daughter Marine over his comments about the Holocaust being a "detail" of history.
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