Definitions for expel
ɪkˈspɛlex·pel

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. expel, throw out, kick outverb

   force to leave or move out

   "He was expelled from his native country"

2. oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expelverb

   remove from a position or office

   "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

3. rout, rout out, expelverb

   cause to flee

   "rout out the fighters from their caves"

4. exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, releaseverb

   eliminate (a substance)

   "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. expelverb

   To eject or erupt

2. expelverb

   To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).

3. expelverb

   To remove from membership

4. expelverb

   To deport

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To EXPELverb

   Etymology: expello, Latin.

   1. To drive out; to force away.

   The Lord your God shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight. Jos. xxiii. 5.

   I may know the let why gentle peace
   Should not expel these inconveniencies. William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   Suppose a mighty rock to fall there, it would expel the waters out of their places with such violence as to fling them among the clouds. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

   2. To eject; to throw out.

   Whatsoever cannot be digested by the stomach, is either put up by vomit, or put down to the guts, and other parts of the body are moved to expel by consent. Francis Bacon, Nat. History.

   3. To banish; to drive from the place of residence.

   Arms and the man I sing, who forc’d by fate,
   And haughty Juno’s unrelenting hate,
   Expel’d and exil’d left the Trojan shore. John Dryden, Virg. Æn:.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. expel

   To expel means to force or drive out; to remove or eject, often from a place or position. This can often be associated with a person being removed from a group, institution, or country, or substances being forced out of the body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Expelverb

   to drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows

2. Expelverb

   to drive away from one's country; to banish

3. Expelverb

   to cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member

4. Expelverb

   to keep out, off, or away; to exclude

5. Expelverb

   to discharge; to shoot

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Expel

   eks-pel′, v.t. to drive out: eject: to discharge: to banish: (Shak.) to keep off:—pr.p. expel′ling; pa.p. expelled′. [L. expellĕre, expulsum—ex, out, pellĕre, to drive.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of expel in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of expel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of expel in a Sentence

1. Justin Jones of Nashville:

   It’s morally insane that a week after a mass shooting took six precious lives in my community here in Nashville, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, their first action is not to take actions to rein in this proliferation of weapons of war in our streets, but it’s to expel their colleagues for standing with our constituents.

2. Tennessee Republicans Pearson:

   You cannot expel hope, you can’t expel our voice and you sure can’t expel our fight. We look forward to continuing to fight, continuing to advocate.

3. Nicolas Maduro:

   Every day, they bring out violent groups seeking violence in the streets, and every day, the people reject them and expel them.

4. Maryam Rajavi:

   From the outset we have rejected this reactionary and bellicose policy and seek amicable relations with the rest of our neighbors to confront this regime, the Islamic revolutionary Guard Corps must be designated as a foreign terrorist group and evicted from the region. More sanctions need to be imposed on the regime. the Iranian people long for freedom and democracy, equality, and an advanced society. Moreover the Iranian people demand an overthrow of this regime, she said. Rajavi has called on international organizations to expel Iran because of its support of terrorism, restore sanctions on some officials and start war crimes prosecutions for those that she says are responsible for massacring civilians. Iran, however considers the N.C.R.I a terrorist organization, a claim the group rejects. The N.C.R.I says the regime has executed more than 120,000 of its followers who oppose the regime. Mrs. Rajavi alluded to America’s July 4th Independence Day, and the rights secured in the Declaration of Independence.

5. Derek Muller:

   Expel him, but not others accused of wrongdoing over the course of their lives? Why him? What makes it different?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=expel
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Expel
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=expel
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expel
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=expel