Expulsion

//ɪkˈspʌlʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of expelling or the state of being expelled. countable, uncountable

    "The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback."

  2. 2
    the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting wordnet
  3. 3
    the act of forcing out someone or something wordnet
  4. 4
    squeezing out by applying pressure wordnet

Synonyms

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ejectionextrusionbanishmentblowoutbootbooting out

Example

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"His expulsion from university was occasioned by his academic misconduct."

Etymology

From Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.

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