expel Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb force to leave or move out
kick out; throw out.
- He was expelled from his native country
verb remove from a position or office
oust; boot out; drum out; throw out; kick out.
- The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
verb cause to flee
rout; rout out.
- rout out the fighters from their caves
verb eliminate (a substance)
release; exhaust; eject; discharge.
- combustion products are exhausted in the engine
- the plant releases a gas

L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See Pulse a beat.

imperfect & past participle Expelled present participle & verbal noun Expelling

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.
Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house? Judg. Xi. 7.
To drive away from one's country; to banish.
Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. Spenser.
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He shell expel them from before you . . . and ye shell possess their land. Josh. xxiii. 5.
To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.
To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw." Shak.
To discharge; to shoot. Obs.
Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. Spenser.
. Syn. -- To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish.