expel

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To eject.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
  3. (transitive) To remove from membership.
  4. (transitive) To deport.

Synonyms

drive away
drive out
eject
20k
banish
C2
dismiss
C1
throw out
chase away
remove
B1
oust
44k
discharge
C1
kick out
reject
C1
exclude
C2
fire
A1
🔥
exile
C1
drive
A2
ostracize
cast out
deport
24k
excommunicate
evict
21k
chase
B1
force out
sack
B2
abandon
B2
drive off
get rid of
distinguish
C2
give up
repel
21k
dispel
30k
neglect
C2
cast off
extrude
shun
C2
turn out
send down
send back
send out
drum out
relay
C1
dislodge
42k
disallow
relegate
resend

rout out

destroy
B1
ostracise
displace
47k
disperse
C2
Translations

expulser
espellere
expulsar
ausweisen
renvoyer
verjagen
vertreiben
expulsar
verdrijven
austreiben
expeler
expulsar
wegjagen
ausstoßen
uitdrijven
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪkˈspɛl/
Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).

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