US /ɪkˈspɛl/
verb Freq #14192

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    force to leave or move out

    They were expelled from their native country.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · force to leave or move out kick outthrow out
Opposites
Word family
Forms expelledexpellingexpels
Derived forms expellableexpelleeexpellerreexpelunexpelled
Related forms expulsiondispelimpel

Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).

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