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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
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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
Boys are three times more likely to be
expelled
from school.
The negatively charged
expelled
electrons are drawn back toward the positively
charged bubble.
There are losses each time, amongst them, you do not recover the latent heat of
water
expelled
as steam.
The ministry has never said that a correspondent with a valid visa could be
expelled
without warning for not having a press card.
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.
Penalties could range from a warning letter to being
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.
After due consideration, it was decided that he must be
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.
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from the workforce.
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expelled
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