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expel

[ik-spel]

verb (used with object)

expelled, expelling 
  1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject.

    to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.

  2. to cut off from membership or relations.

    to expel a student from a college.

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expel

/ ˌɛkspɛˈliː, ɪkˈspɛl /

verb

  1. to eject or drive out with force

  2. to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • expellable adjective
  • reexpel verb (used with object)
  • unexpellable adjective
  • expellee noun
  • ˈ noun
  • ˈ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of expel1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English expellen, from Latin expellere “to drive out, drive away,” equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + pellere “to push, drive”
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of expel1

C14: from Latin expellere to drive out, from pellere to thrust, drive
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“The Illegals will be expelled, and Los Angeles will be set free,” he said in a Truth Social post.

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Zionists began to assert the right to expel well before the state of Israel was created in 1948.

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They said by the UK keeping the military base of Diego Garcia, the Chagossian people were hindered from being able to "exercise their cultural rights in accessing their ancestral lands from which they were expelled".

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The Green Party of England and Wales has expelled its former health spokesperson eight months after an investigation was launched into her comments on LGBTQ+ hate crimes.

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Four had previous removal orders and have already been expelled back to Mexico; two others agreed to return to Mexico voluntarily.

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