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单词 expel
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expel

[ ik-spel ]
/ ɪkˈspɛl /
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verb (used with object), ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling.

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.

Origin of expel

1350–1400; Middle English expellen<Latin expellere to drive out, drive away, equivalent to ex-ex-1 + pellere to push, drive

SYNONYMS FOR expel

2 oust, dismiss, exile, excommunicate.
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OTHER WORDS FROM expel

ex·pel·la·ble, adjectivere·ex·pel, verb (used with object), re·ex·pelled, re·ex·pel·ling.un·ex·pel·la·ble, adjectiveun·ex·pelled, adjective

Words nearby expel

expediter, expedition, expeditionary, expeditious, expeditiously, expel, expellant, expellee, expeller, expellers, expend
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British Dictionary definitions for expel

expel
/ (ɪkˈspɛl) /

verb -pels, -pelling or -pelled (tr)

to eject or drive out with force
to deprive of participation in or membership of a school, club, etc

Derived forms of expel

expellable, adjectiveexpellee (ˌɛkspɛˈliː), nounexpeller, noun

Word Origin for expel

C14: from Latin expellere to drive out, from pellere to thrust, drive
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