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Expel

//ɪkˈspɛl// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To eject. transitive
  2. 2
    eliminate (a substance) wordnet
  3. 3
    To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.). obsolete, transitive

    "But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell."

  4. 4
    cause to flee wordnet
  5. 5
    To remove from membership. transitive

    "He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour."

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  1. 6
    remove from a position or office wordnet
  2. 7
    To deport. transitive
  3. 8
    force to leave or move out wordnet

Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).

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