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Expel
| Expel Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Expel?
[v] eliminate, as of bodily substances
[v] cause to flee
[v] remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
[v] put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"
[v] as from a country
Synonyms | Synonyms for Expel: boot out |
boot out |
chuck out |
discharge |
drum out |
eject |
eject |
exclude |
kick out |
kick out |
oust |
release |
rout |
rout out |
throw out |
throw out |
turf out |
turn out
Related Terms | Find terms related to Expel: abrupt |
abstract |
alienate |
assign |
ban |
banish |
bar |
belch |
blackball |
blow |
blow off |
blow out |
boot |
boot out |
bounce |
break |
breathe |
breathe hard |
breathe in |
breathe out |
bump |
bust |
can |
carry over |
cashier |
cast |
cast forth |
cast off |
cast out |
chuck |
chuck out |
clear |
clear away |
clear out |
clear the decks |
communicate |
consign |
cough |
cut |
cut adrift |
cut off |
cut out |
debar |
debouch |
decant |
deconsecrate |
defenestrate |
defrock |
degrade |
delete |
deliver |
demote |
depart |
deplume |
deport |
depose |
deprive |
dethrone |
detrude |
diffuse |
disarticulate |
disbar |
discard |
discharge |
disconnect |
discrown |
disembogue |
disemploy |
disengage |
disenthrone |
disfellowship |
disgorge |
disjoin |
disjoint |
dislodge |
dismiss |
displace |
displume |
dispose of |
dispossess |
disseminate |
dissociate |
disunite |
divide |
divorce |
drive out |
drum out |
ejaculate |
eject |
elide |
eliminate |
eradicate |
eruct |
erupt |
estrange |
evict |
exclude |
excommunicate |
exhale |
exhaust |
exile |
expatriate |
expire |
export |
extradite |
extravasate |
extrude |
fire |
force out |
fugitate |
furlough |
gasp |
get quit of |
get rid of |
get shut of |
give |
give the ax |
give the gate |
give the hook |
gulp |
hack |
hand forward |
hand on |
hand over |
heave out |
hiccup |
huff |
impart |
import |
inhale |
inspire |
irrupt |
isolate |
jet |
jettison |
junk |
kick |
kick downstairs |
kick out |
kick upstairs |
lag |
lay off |
leave |
let go |
let out |
liquidate |
make over |
make redundant |
maroon |
metastasize |
metathesize |
obtrude |
ostracize |
oust |
outlaw |
outpour |
overthrow |
pant |
part |
pass |
pass on |
pass over |
pass the buck |
pension |
pension off |
perfuse |
pick out |
pour |
pour forth |
pour out |
proscribe |
puff |
pull away |
pull back |
pull out |
purge |
push out |
put out |
read out of |
reject |
relay |
release |
relegate |
remove |
remove from office |
replace |
respire |
retire |
root out |
root up |
rusticate |
sack |
segregate |
send away |
send down |
send forth |
send out |
send to Coventry |
separate |
separate forcibly |
sequester |
set apart |
set aside |
show the door |
shut off |
sigh |
sneeze |
sniff |
sniffle |
snore |
snort |
snub |
snuff |
snuffle |
spew |
split |
spout |
spread |
spurn |
spurt |
squirt |
stand aloof |
stand apart |
stand aside |
step aside |
strike off |
strike out |
strip |
strip of office |
strip of rank |
subtract |
superannuate |
surplus |
suspend |
switch |
throw away |
throw off |
throw out |
throw over |
throw overboard |
thrust out |
toss out |
transfer |
transfer property |
transfuse |
translate |
translocate |
transmit |
transplace |
transplant |
transport |
transpose |
turn off |
turn out |
turn over |
unchurch |
uncouple |
unfrock |
unsaddle |
unseat |
unthrone |
unyoke |
weed out |
wheeze |
withdraw
See Also | abort |
ban |
banish |
bar |
blackball |
bleed |
blow |
bounce |
breathe |
bump |
cast out |
cough out |
cough up |
debar |
defeat |
deliver |
deport |
depose |
dislodge |
displace |
displace |
egest |
ejaculate |
eliminate |
emit |
eruct |
evict |
excommunicate |
excrete |
exile |
exorcise |
exorcize |
expatriate |
expectorate |
extradite |
fester |
force out |
force out |
hemorrhage |
maturate |
move |
move |
ostracise |
ostracize |
overcome |
ovulate |
pass |
pass off |
relegate |
remove |
shed blood |
shun |
spew |
spew out |
spit out |
spit up |
suppurate |
surrender |
suspend
Expel In Webster's Dictionary
\Ex*pel"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Expelled}, p. pr. & vb.
n.. {Expelling}.] [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere
to drive: cf.F. expeller. See {Pulse} a beat.]
1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is
contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel
air from a bellows.
Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house?
--Judg. xi. 7.
2. To drive away from one's country; to banish.
Forewasted all their land, and them expelled.
--Spenser.
.
He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye
shall possess their land. --Josh. xxiii.
5.
3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of
learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student
or member.
4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. ``To expel the
winter's flaw.'' --Shak.
5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.]
Then he another and another [shaft] did expel.
--Spenser.
.
Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See {Banish}.
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