Expel - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ɪkˈspel|
Brit.
|ɪkˈspɛl|
verb ▼
- force to leave or move out
- cause to flee (syn: rout)
- eliminate (a substance) (syn: discharge, eject, exhaust, release)
He was expelled from his native country
- cause to flee (syn: rout)
- eliminate (a substance) (syn: discharge, eject, exhaust, release)
Examples
The club may expel members who do not follow the rules.
She was expelled from school for bad behavior.
The family were so ashamed when the youngest son was expelled from his school.
You are expelled from the house which you have indelibly disgraced.
Two girls were expelled from school for taking drugs.
The main opposition leader was expelled from her party.
He was expelled for making racist remarks.
Foreign priests were expelled from the country.
Three diplomats were expelled for spying.
He was expelled from his native country
a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: expel
he/she/it: expels
present participle: expelling
past tense: expelled
past participle: expelled
I/you/we/they: expel
he/she/it: expels
present participle: expelling
past tense: expelled
past participle: expelled