expel

Meaning

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

Synonyms

rout out

disapprove of

separate out

look askance at

chase out

key out

thrust out

severalise

make emerge

can suspend

extirpate

keep apart

miscarry

push aside

separate off

seperate

Frequency

C2
Hyphenated as
ex‧pel
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪkˈspɛl/
Etymology

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

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