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verb (used with object), -pelled, -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), -pelled, -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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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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