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expel

verb

ex·​pel ik-ˈspel How to pronounce expel (audio)
expelled; expelling

transitive verb

1
: to force out : eject
expelled the smoke from her lungs
2
: to force to leave (a place, an organization, etc.) by official action : take away rights or privileges of membership
was expelled from college
expellable
ik-ˈspe-lə-bəl How to pronounce expel (audio)
adjective

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To expel is to drive out, and its usual noun is expulsion. Expel is similar to eject, but expel suggests pushing out while eject suggests throwing out. Also, ejecting may only be temporary: the player ejected from a game may be back tomorrow, but the student expelled from school is probably out forever.

Synonyms

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eject, expel, oust, evict mean to drive or force out.

eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action.

ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar

expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.

a student expelled from college

oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.

police ousted the squatters

evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.

evicted for nonpayment of rent

Example Sentences

The club may expel members who do not follow the rules. She was expelled from school for bad behavior. expel air from the lungs
Recent Examples on the Web Von Ehlinger resigned from the Idaho state House of Representatives in April 2021, after the Idaho Statesman reported a state House ethics committee announced unanimous plans to expel him from office. Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 1 Sep. 2022 Experts said that the diplomatic cost of such a move could be significant and that Mr. Putin might expel all American diplomats from the country. New York Times, 29 July 2022 Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said his country would expel 13 Russian diplomats and staff, and shut two Russian consulates. Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2022 On Friday, the Kremlin responded and vowed to expel 10 U.S. diplomats from the country, the same number of foreign dignitaries Biden pledged to remove in his sanctions. Jake Dima, Washington Examiner, 18 Apr. 2021 Provide retraining to meet cost goals or potentially expel them from Medicare. Andrew Wickline, STAT, 27 Aug. 2022 Over the past two years, Title 42 has allowed U.S. border agents to expel migrants over 1.8 million times without screening them for asylum. Camilo Montoya-galvez, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2022 The Biden administration is also just weeks away from lifting the Title 42 order that allowed federal authorities to quickly expel most migrants coming to the U.S. since the early days of the pandemic. Byrick Klein,averi Harper, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2022 The measure, known as Title 42, has allowed the U.S. to expeditiously expel migrants at the southern border without permitting them to seek asylum for reasons of public health. Grayson Quay, The Week, 2 Apr. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English expellen, from Latin expellere, from ex- + pellere to drive — more at felt

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of expel was in the 14th century

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