expel

Meanings

• Verb

  To force out or eject someone or something from a place or group.

  - "The teacher expelled the student for cheating."
  - "The company expelled the employee for misconduct."
  - "The president expelled the ambassador from the country."

• Verb

  To remove or discharge something, especially forcibly or suddenly.

  - "The wind expelled a gust of air."
  - "The body expels waste through the digestive system."
  - "The volcano expelled a cloud of ash and lava."

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Antonyms

impel

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Synonyms

drive away , drive out , force out , fordrive , turf out

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with expel
peel , feel , seal , real , heel

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Variants

List of all variants of expel that leads to same result
expel , expellable , expelled , expelling , expels

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Forms

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expelled, expelling, expelld, expelell

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Etymology

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From Old French expeller, from expulser, from ex- 'out' + pulser 'to thrust'.

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Trivia

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1. The largest expulsion of gas from the human body occurs during a belch.

2. The term 'expel' is also used in the context of scientific experiments to remove a gas or liquid from a container.

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Related Concepts

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1. Exile: The state of being forced to leave one's country or home and live somewhere else.

2. Eviction: The legal process of removing someone from a property or possession.

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Culture

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In literature, 'expel' has been used in various contexts such as in the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, or in the expulsion of Spanish settlers from Mexico in 1821. In art, there are several paintings depicting the expulsion of figures from a scene.

How to Memorize "expel"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone being physically removed from a place or group.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the idea of forcefully removing someone or something.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the phrase 'Expel the unwanted' to remember the meaning of the word.

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