expelverb [ T ]
uk/ɪkˈspel/us/ɪkˈspel/-ll-expel verb [ T ] (PERSON)
to force someone to leave a school, organization, or country:
The new government has expelled all foreign diplomats.
My brother was expelled from school for bad behaviour.
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Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else
- banish
- deport
- deportee
- exile
- expatriate
- expulsion
- extraordinary rendition
- rid
- send
- send sb down
- send sb off
- shun
- transport
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Evicting and forcing to leave
expel verb [ T ] (AIR/LIQUID)
to force air or liquid out of something:
She took a deep breath, then expelled the air in short blasts.
When you breathe out, you expel air from your lungs.
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Emitting and ejecting
- carbon emissions
- discharge
- disgorge
- displace
- ejaculate
- ejaculation
- eject
- ejection
- emanate
- emanate from/through sth/sb
- emission
- exude
- give
- give sth off
- projectile
- radiant
- radiate
- release
- shed
- spew
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