'Expel' definitions:
Definition of 'expel'
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Definition of 'Expel'
From: GCIDE
- Expel \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. [1913 Webster]
- Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house? --Judg. xi. 7. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. [1913 Webster]
- Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. --Spenser. . [1913 Webster]
- He shall expel them from before you . . . and ye shall possess their land. --Josh. xxiii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. --Spenser. .
- Syn: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expel'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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