English Dictionary
Definition of “expel”
expel (ɪkˈspɛl
)
Definitions
verb
(tr) - to eject or drive out with force
- to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc
Alternative Forms
exˈpellable adjective expellee (ˌɛkspɛˈliː) noun exˈpeller noun Word Origin
C14: from Latin expellere to drive out, from pellere to thrust, drive
Synonyms
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throw out,
exclude,
ban,
bar,
dismiss,
discharge,
relegate,
kick out,
ask to leave
send packing,
turf out,
black,
debar,
drum out,
blackball,
give the bum's rush show you the door throw out on your ear =
drive out,
discharge,
throw out,
force out,
let out,
eject,
issue,
dislodge,
spew,
belch,
cast out,
Translations
- British English:
expel
If someone is expelled from a school or organization, they are officially told to leave because they have behaved badly.He was expelled from school for fighting.ɪkˈspɛl VERB He was expelled from school for fighting.
- Spanish:
expulsar
v
- French:
expulser
vt
- German:
vertreiben
v
- Chinese: 开除 v
- Arabic: يَطْرُدُ vt
- Portuguese: expelir v
- Russian: выталкивать v
- Croatian: prognati v
- Czech: vytlačit v vytlačovat
- Danish: bortvise v
- Dutch: verdrijven v
- Finnish: karkottaa v
- Greek: αποβάλλω v
- Italian: espellere v
- Japanese: 追い出す v
- Korean: 쫓아내다 v
- Norwegian: kaste ut v
- Polish: wygonić v wyganiać
- Brazilian Portuguese: expelir v
- European Spanish:
expulsar
v
- Swedish: relegera v
- Thai: ไล่ออก v
- Turkish: kovmak v
- Vietnamese: làm bật ra v
Usage examples
From the back seat I heard Brenda and JoAnne expel the breath they'd been holding.
Kallen, Lucille, C B Greenfield - A Little Madness (1986)No sooner did Deve Gowda expel R. K. Hegde from the Janata Dal than Ibrahim was sent to Bangalore on a fire-fighting mission.
India Today (1996)The U. S. is calling for its allies to expel Saddam's representatives.
Toronto Sun (2003)Mr Blair and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will then rule on whether to expel Sinn Fein.
Sun, News of the World (1999)This triggers an alarm bell in the immune system, which immediately goes to work to try to expel it.
Price, Shirley, Aromatherapy Workbook (1993)
