expulsionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ɪkˈspʌl.ʃən/us/ɪkˈspʌl.ʃən/expulsion noun [ C or U ] (MAKE LEAVE)
(the act of) forcing someone, or being forced, to leave a school, organization, or country:
They threatened him with expulsion from school.
This is the second expulsion of a club member this year.
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Punishing someone by sending them somewhere else
- banish
- deport
- deportee
- exile
- expatriate
- expel
- extraordinary rendition
- rid
- send
- send sb down
- send sb off
- shun
- transport
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Evicting and forcing to leave
expulsion noun [ C or U ] (AIR/LIQUID)
(the act of) forcing air or liquid out of something
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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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