expel

tr.v., -pelled, -pel·ling, -pels.

1. To force or drive out: expel an invader.
2. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief.
3. To force to leave; deprive of membership: expelled the student from college for cheating. See synonyms at eject.

[Middle English expellen, from Latin expellere : ex-, ex- + pellere, to drive.]

expellable ex·pel'la·ble adj.
expeller ex·pel'ler n.

verb

1. To force to leave a country or place by official decree: banish, deport, exile, expatriate, ostracize, transport. See accept/reject.
2. To send forth (confined matter) violently: belch, disgorge, eject, eruct, erupt, spew. Geology extravasate. See explosion/collapse.
3. To put out by force: bump, dismiss, eject, evict, oust, throw out. Informal chuck. Slang boot¹ (out), bounce, kick out. Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone theheave-hoold heave-ho, send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear. See keep/release.

v

Definition: discharge
Antonyms: absorb, admit, take in

v

Definition: throw out, banish
Antonyms: admit, allow, permit, take in, welcome

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IN BRIEF: To drive out with force. Also: to send away or make leave as a punishment.

We will expel all of the rats from our town.

Common misspelling(s) of expel

• expell

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - bortvise, relegere, drive frem, forjage

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitstoten, royeren, uitwijzen

Français (French)
v. tr. - expulser (de), renvoyer (d'une école), chasser (l'ennemi), évacuer (un gaz, un liquide), éliminer (des toxines)

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausweisen, vertreiben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αποβάλλω, εκβάλλω, εκδιώκω, διώχνω, αποπέμπω, ξαποστέλνω, βγάζω, απελαύνω, τιμωρώ με αποβολή

Italiano (Italian)
espellere

idioms:

• expel from    radiare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - expelir

idioms:

• expel from    expulsar, excluir

Русский (Russian)
выгонять, исключать, вышибать

idioms:

• expel from    выгнать из

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - expulsar, expeler, arrojar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - driva ut, utestänga, reglera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
驱逐, 开除, 逐出

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 驅逐, 開除, 逐出

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 몰아내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 放出する, 発射する, 追い出す, 放逐する, 追放する, 排出する

idioms:

• expel from    追い払う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يطرد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גירש, הוציא, סילק, שילח‬

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