Expel

[ɪk'spel;ek-] or [ɪk'spɛl]

Definition

(verb.) force to leave or move out; 'He was expelled from his native country'.

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Definition

(v. t.) To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

(v. t.) To drive away from one's country; to banish.

(v. t.) To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

(v. t.) To keep out, off, or away; to exclude.

(v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.

Editor: Nicolas

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Eject, dislodge, drive out, force away.[2]. Banish, exile, expatriate, ostracize, proscribe.

Inputed by Donald

Synonyms and Antonyms

[See EJECT]

Edited by Kelsey

Definition

v.t. to drive out: eject: to discharge: to banish: (Shak.) to keep off:—pr.p. expel′ling; pa.p. expelled′.

Edited by Horace

Examples

Plato does not seriously intend to expel poets from life and society. Plato. The Republic.
The enemy made a desperate effort to expel them, but failed, and soon retired behind the new line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
The recoil of the gun in both large and small arms is now utilised to expel the fired cartridge shell, and to withdraw a fresh one from its magazine and place it in position in the chamber. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
I was also directed to handle rebels within our lines without gloves, to imprison them, or to expel them from their homes and from our lines. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Only after a long period of servitude did a popular uprising expel these foreigners again. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
The first effect of heat on coal, after it is put into the retort, is to expel the moisture, which, in combination with the air, issues in the form of steam. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
He proposed to burn the coal in a smouldering fire, to expel the sulphur and other impurities existing in the form of phosphorus, hydrogen and oxygen, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Poor devil, he's expelled the house! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
One thought chaces another, and draws after it a third, by which it is expelled in its turn. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
This was a partial concession to the natural political map, but much blood had still to run before the Turk was altogether expelled from these lands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
In the second return stroke the burnt gases are expelled from the cylinder and the whole made ready to start afresh. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
I expelled the nasty stuff with a strong English expletive and said, Foreigner, beware! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
The waste gas is expelled as the piston moves to the left. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
The plate is then placed on heated iron, which is wrapped round with several folds of paper, from which, by this method, all moisture has been previously expelled. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
These are our grounds for expelling poetry; but lest she should charge us with discourtesy, let us also make an apology to her. Plato. The Republic.
Shouldst thou adhere perversely to thy passion for this Rebecca, thou wilt give Beaumanoir the power of expelling thee, and he will not neglect it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
There was no relief possible for him except by expelling the enemy from Missionary Ridge and about Chattanooga. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
This expels the worm alive and entire within two hours, the head firmly fastened to the side of its own body. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.

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