expelled
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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
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.
2. oust, dismiss, exile, excommunicate.
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expel (ɪkˈspɛl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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 | |
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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.
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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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