expel

/ɛkˈspɛl/

/ɛkˈspɛl/

Other forms: expelled; expels

Getting expelled from a school is a step beyond suspension. It means that you are asked to leave and never come back. In other words, you have been kicked out.

More benignly, expel can mean discharge: if you're having a water-fountain spitting-fight, you are hoping to expel water from your mouth in the direction of your opponent before they can get you. But don't do this; you won't get expelled from school, but the germs in your body will be expelled all over your friends.

Definitions of expel

1. verb

   eliminate (a substance)
   synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, release

   types:

   cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up

   discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

   blow

   free of obstruction by blowing air through

   abort

   terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

   ovulate

   produce and discharge eggs

   egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

   eliminate from the body

   bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood

   lose blood from one's body

   eruct, spew, spew out

   eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical

   fester, maturate, suppurate

   ripen and generate pus

   breathe, emit, pass off

   expel (gases or odors)

   belch, bubble, burp, eruct

   expel gas from the stomach

   force out

   emit or cause to move with force of effort

   emanate, exhale, give forth

   give out (breath or an odor)

   cough

   exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

   miscarry

   suffer a miscarriage

   flow, menstruate

   undergo menstruation

   perspire, sudate, sweat

   excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

   exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude

   release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

   urinate

   pass after the manner of urine

   empty, evacuate, void

   excrete or discharge from the body

   ca-ca, defecate, make, stool

   have a bowel movement

   barf, be sick, chuck, disgorge, regurgitate, throw up, vomit, vomit up

   eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

   ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spue

   expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

   spit out, splutter, sputter

   spit up in an explosive manner

   radiate

   send out real or metaphoric rays

   bubble

   form, produce, or emit bubbles
2. verb

   force to leave or move out
   “He was expelled from his native country”

   synonyms: kick out, throw out

   types:

   boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out

   put out or expel from a place

   deport, exile, expatriate

   expel from a country

   debar, suspend

   bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

   deliver, deport, extradite

   hand over to the authorities of another country

   banish, bar, relegate

   expel, as if by official decree

   ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun

   expel from a community or group

   ban, banish

   ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

   evict, force out

   expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

   evict

   expel or eject without recourse to legal process

   show the door

   ask to leave

   bounce

   eject from the premises

   exorcise, exorcize

   expel through adjuration or prayers

   rusticate, send down

   suspend temporarily from college or university, in England

   repatriate

   send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees

   rusticate

   send to the country

   spike

   stand in the way of

   type of:

   displace, move

   cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
3. verb

   cause to flee
   synonyms: rout, rout out

   type of:

   defeat, get the better of, overcome

   win a victory over
4. verb

   remove from a position or office
   synonyms: boot out, drum out, kick out, oust, throw out

   types:

   excommunicate

   oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree

   depose, force out

   force to leave (an office)

   bring down, overthrow, overturn, subvert, topple

   cause the downfall of; of rulers

   type of:

   remove

   remove from a position or an office