Expel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To force or drive out: expel an invader.
  • v. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief.
  • v. To force to leave; deprive of membership: expelled the student from college for cheating. See Synonyms at eject.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To eject or erupt
  • v. To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
  • v. To remove from membership
  • v. To deport
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject.
  • v. To drive away from one's country; to banish.
  • v. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like.
  • v. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude.
  • v. To discharge; to shoot.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To drive or force out or away; send off or away by force or constraint; compel to leave; dismiss forcibly or compulsorily: as, to expel air from a bellows or from the lungs; to expel an invader or a traitor from a country; to expel a student from a college, or a member from a club.
  • To exclude; keep out or off.
  • To reject; refuse.
  • Synonyms Exile, Exclude, etc. (see banish), expatriate, ostracize; eject, dislodge.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. eliminate (a substance)
  • v. remove from a position or office
  • v. cause to flee
  • v. force to leave or move out
  • Antonym
    impel   
    Verb Form
    expell    expelled    expelling    expels   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    expelled    expelling   
    Hyponym
    ovulate    ejaculate    egest    spit out    expectorate    cough out    blow    emit    breathe    cough up   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    drive out    eject    exile    banish    exclude    discharge    shoot   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adel    Adele    Bel    Bell    Belle    Burrell    Cabell    Carmel    Cavell    Chanel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts