Synonyms for expel
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ik-spel |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈspɛl |
Top 10 synonyms for expel Other synonyms for the word expel
- belch
- blackball
- blow out
- bust
- cast out
- chase
- deport
- disgorge
- dispossess
- drum out
- ejaculate
- eruct
- erupt
- evict
- exclude
- exhaust
- exile
- expatriate
- expulse
- exudate
- exude
- fire
- get rid of
- give the boot
- give the hook
- give walking papers
- irrupt
- kick out
- oust
- pass
- proscribe
- remove
- send packing
- show the door
- spew
- suspend
- throw out
- throw out on ear
- turn out
- vomit
Définition of expel
Origin :- late 14c., from Latin expellere "drive out," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + pellere "to drive" (see pulse (n.1)). Meaning "to eject from a school" is first recorded 1640s. Related: Expelled; expelling.
- verb discharge
- verb throw out, banish
- It was imagined that it was necessary to expel it by means of heat or steam.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 447, July 26, 1884 » by Various
- They agreed to expel the followers of Umra Khan from the valley.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Plato does not seriously intend to expel poets from life and society.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- The 'beyond' is always coming back upon us however often we expel it.
- Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato
- He also sent orders to Kaumualii to expel Dr. Scheffer, which was done.
- Extract from : « The Hawaiian Islands » by The Department of Foreign Affairs
- Expel the breath suddenly, dropping back to the original position.
- Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
- Don't listen to him, but expel him like the scoundrel he is.
- Extract from : « The Minister of Evil » by William Le Queux
- Almost without exception they had united, in 1523, to expel the French from Italy.
- Extract from : « Henry VIII. » by A. F. Pollard
- Determined movements to expel the Grdznth faltered, trembled with indecision.
- Extract from : « PRoblem » by Alan Edward Nourse
- And yet he could not rise in indignation and expel the visitor from his house.
- Extract from : « Cousin Henry » by Anthony Trollope
Antonyms for expel
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