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View usage for: (ɪkspʌlʃən) Word forms: plural expulsions1. variable nounExpulsion is when someone is forced to leave a school, university, or organization. Her hatred of authority led to her expulsion from high school. [+ from] ...the high number of school expulsions. This led to his suspension and, finally, expulsion from the party in 1955. Synonyms: ejection, exclusion, dismissal, removal More Synonyms of expulsion 2. variable nounExpulsion is when someone is forced to leave a place. [formal] ...the expulsion of migrant workers. [+ of] ...a new wave of mass expulsions. 3. uncountable nounExpulsion is when something is forced out from your body. [formal] ...the expulsion of waste products. ...their expulsion from the digestive tract. [+ from] Synonyms: discharge, emptying, emission, voiding More Synonyms of expulsion expulsion in British English (ɪkˈspʌlʃən) nounthe act of expelling or the fact or condition of being expelled Word origin C14: from Latin expulsiō a driving out, from expellere to expelexpulsion in American English (ɛkˈspʌlʃən; ɪkˈspʌlʃən) noun an expelling, or forcing out, or the condition of being expelled Derived forms expulsive (exˈpulsive) (ɛksˈpʌlsɪv; ɪkˈspʌlsɪv) adjective Word origin ME expulsioun < OFr expulsion < L expulsio < expulsus, pp. of expellereExamples of 'expulsion' in a sentenceexpulsion Fast wind of video-tape, then the final expulsion of the usurers.It was like a forbidden thought, punishable by expulsion from the Miller family.But if ever you repeat such behavior, I shall notify the Dean of Women, I shall demand your expulsion from this house. In other languagesexpulsion British English: expulsion NOUN Expulsion is when someone is forced to leave a school, university, or organization. Her hatred of authority led to her expulsion from high school. - American English: expulsion
- Brazilian Portuguese: expulsão
- Chinese: 被开除
- European Spanish: expulsión
- French: expulsion
- German: Verweisung
- Italian: espulsione
- Japanese: 追放
- Korean: 퇴출
- European Portuguese: expulsão
- Latin American Spanish: expulsión
Definition the act of expelling or the fact of being expelled Her behaviour led to her expulsion from school. Synonyms exclusion extrusion expatriation debarment dislodgment Definition the act of expelling or the fact of being expelled the expulsion of waste products from the body Synonyms emptying voiding spewing excretion seepage suppuration Additional synonymsbanishment from political and industrial life Synonyms expulsion, exile, dismissal, removal, discharge, transportation, exclusion, deportation, eviction, ejection, extrusion, proscription, expatriation, debarment his dismissal from his post Synonyms the sack (informal), removal, discharge, notice (British), the boot (slang), expulsion (slang), the push (slang), marching orders (informal), kiss-off (slang, US, Canadian), the bum's rush (slang, old-fashioned), the (old) heave-ho (informal), the order of the boot (slang, old-fashioned), your books or cards (informal) Definition the act of giving out heat, light, a smell, etc. the emission of gases such as carbon dioxide Synonyms giving off or out, release, shedding, leak, radiation, discharge, transmission, venting, issue, diffusion, utterance, ejaculation, outflow, issuance, ejection, exhalation, emanation, exudation |