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expel

verb

1 expel

Force to leave or move out:
— He was expelled from his native country.

synonyms: kick out, throw out.

Roget 539: learn; acquire knowledge, gain knowledge, receive knowledge, take in knowledge, drink in knowledge, imbibe knowledge, pick up knowledge, gather knowledge, get knowledge, obtain knowledge, collect knowledge, glean knowledge, glean information, ... show more

Roget 874: be inglorious etc. adj.; incur disgrace etc. n.; have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself.    play second fiddle; ... show more

Dutch: uitwijzen, uitzetten

2 expel

Remove from a position or office.

synonyms: boot out, drum out, kick out, oust, throw out.

Roget 297: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, ... show more

Roget 972: punish; chastise, chasten; castigate, correct, inflict punishment, administer correction, deal retributive justice; cowhide, lambaste [Slang].    visit upon, pay; pay out, serve out; ... show more

Dutch: verjagen, uitstoten, wegjagen, wegzenden, verdrijven, afzetten, ontslaan, onttronen

3 expel

Cause to flee.

synonyms: rout, rout out.

4 expel

Eliminate (a substance).

synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, release.

Roget 284: propel, project, throw, fling, cast, pitch, chuck, toss, jerk, heave, shy, hurl; flirt, fillip.    ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abrupt, abstract, alienate, assign, ban, banish, bar, belch, blackball, blow, blow off, blow out, boot, boot out, bounce, break, breathe, breathe hard, breathe in, breathe out ... show more.

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