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Expulsion
//ɪkˈspʌlʃən// noun
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Noun
- 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 the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting wordnet
- 3 the act of forcing out someone or something wordnet
- 4 squeezing out by applying pressure wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.
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