expel
[verb]
Synonyms:
- drive out, belch, cast out, discharge, eject, remove, spew
- dismiss, ban, banish, drum out, evict, exclude, exile, throw out, turf out (informal)

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Antonyms: admit
Related Idioms: give (one) the boot, give the bum's rush, give the old heave-ho, send to Coventry, throw out on one's ear
Related Words: blow off, blow out, ejaculate, exhaust, drum out, read out, eliminate, turn out, bounce

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

ex‧pel /ɪkˈspel/ verb (past tense and past participle expelled, present participle expelling) [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: expellere, from pellere 'to drive']

1. to officially force someone to leave a school or organization ⇒ expulsion
expel somebody from something
Two girls were expelled from school for taking drugs.
The main opposition leader was expelled from her party.
expel somebody for doing something
He was expelled for making racist remarks.

2. to force a foreigner to leave a country, especially because they have broken the law or for political reasons
expel somebody from something
Foreign priests were expelled from the country.
expel somebody for something
Three diplomats were expelled for spying.

3. to force air, water, or gas etc out of your body or out of a container ⇒ expulsion

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

expel
verb
ADV. forcibly They were forcibly expelled from their farm by the occupying authorities.
PREP. for, from He was expelled from school for disruptive behaviour.

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