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Expel| Verb | 1. | expel - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" exile, expatriate, deport - expel from a country; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" extradite, deport, deliver - hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" banish, bar, relegate - expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" banish, ban - ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | | | 2. | expel - put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"evict, force out - expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" evict - expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." show the door - ask to leave; "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise" bounce - eject from the premises; "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club" dislodge, displace, bump - remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space" exorcise, exorcize - expel through adjuration or prayers; "exorcise evil spirits" move, displace - cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" | | | 3. | expel - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"excommunicate - oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree remove - remove from a position or an office | | | 4. | expel - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" | | | 5. | expel - eliminate (substances) from the bodyblow - free of obstruction by blowing air through; "blow one's nose" abort - terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion ovulate - produce and discharge eggs; "women ovulate about once every month" eruct, spew out, spew - eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" | |
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