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expel
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Expel
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ex·pel
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ɪkˈspɛl
/
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ik-
spel
]
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verb (used with object),
ex·pelled,
ex·pel·ling.
1.
to drive or
force
out or away; discharge or eject:
to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.
2.
to cut off from membership or relations:
to expel a student from a college.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
expellen
<
Latin
expellere
to drive out, drive away, equivalent to
ex-
ex-
1
+
pellere
to push, drive
Related forms
ex·pel·la·ble,
adjective
re·ex·pel,
verb (used with object),
re·ex·pelled,
re·ex·pel·ling.
un·ex·pel·la·ble,
adjective
un·ex·pelled,
adjective
Synonyms
2.
oust, dismiss, exile, excommunicate.
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World English Dictionary
expel
(ɪkˈspɛl)
—
vb
,
-pels
,
-pelling
,
-pelled
1.
to eject or drive out with force
2.
to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc
[C14: from Latin
expellere
to drive out, from
pellere
to thrust, drive]
ex'pellable
—
adj
expellee
—
n
ex'peller
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
expel
late 14c., from L. expellere "drive out," from ex- "out" + pellere "to drive." Meaning "to eject from a school" is first recorded 1640s. Related: Expelled; expelling.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Enzymes in their digestive system break down the flesh of the fruit before the animals
expel
the bean.
It would seem to me that after a certain period of time a particle would run out of energy to
expel
gravity.
Natural pearls occur when foreign material, usually a stone or parasite, enters an oyster's shell and it can't
expel
the irritant.
It's as if he has to
expel
air to make room for bigger ideas.
Even under the revised legislation the university could still fine them, remove them from campus, suspend or
expel
them.
Knead dough on a lightly floured work surface to
expel
air.
To
expel
fear and anxiety, to calm the liver and clear the vision.
Those who remain can chase and
expel
illegal immigrants.
After a quick breath at the surface, dolphins swim to the bottom of the pool and
expel
a long, silvery ring of air.
Harvard-Westlake did not suspend or
expel
any of the students who admitted posting the threats.
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