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ex⋅pul⋅sive

  [ik-spuhl-siv]
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–adjective
tending or serving to expel.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < MF expulsive (fem.) < ML expulsīvus. See expulsion, -ive
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Main Entry: ex·pul·sive
Pronunciation: ik-'sp&l-siv
Function: adjective
1 : serving to expel <expulsive efforts duringlabor>
2 : characterized by concern with the elimination of feces expulsive and the later retentive —G. S.Blum> —ex·pul·sion /-'sp&l-sh&n/ noun
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expulsive ex·pul·sive (ĭk-spŭl'sĭv)
adj.
Tending to expel.

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