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- 1. officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization: "she was expelled from school" Similar Opposite
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EXPEL definition: 1. to force someone to leave a school, organization, or country: 2. to force air or liquid out of…. Learn more.
to force air or liquid out of something: She took a deep breath, then expelled the air in short blasts. expel something from something When you breathe out, you expel air from your lungs. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of expel from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
verb. force to leave or move out. “He was expelled from his native country”. synonyms: kick out, throw out. see more. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process. suspend temporarily from college or university, in England. send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees.
expel something (from something) (specialist) to force air or water out of a part of the body or from a container. Expel all the air from your chest. Definition of expel verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The meaning of EXPEL is to force out : eject. How to use expel in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of 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. American English : expel / ɪkˈspɛl /
1. To force or drive out: expel an invader. 2. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief. 3. To deprive of membership or rights in an organization; force to leave: expelled the student from college for cheating.
1. If someone is expelled from a school or organization, they are officially told to leave because they have behaved badly. [...] 2. If people are expelled from a place, they are made to leave it, often by force. [...] 3. To expel something means to force it out from a container or from your body. [...]
to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college. Synonyms: excommunicate, exile, dismiss, oust. expel. / ˌɛkspɛˈliː; ɪkˈspɛl /.
Dictionary definition of expel. To force someone or something out of a place or situation, often through official or authoritative action. "The government can expel foreign nationals who overstay their visas." Detailed meaning of expel.
