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- DictionaryEx·pel/ikˈspel/
verb
- 1. deprive (someone) of membership of or involvement in a school or other organization: "she was expelled from school"
verb (used with object) , ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college. Synonyms: excommunicate, exile, dismiss, oust. expel.
1 day ago · To expel something means to force it out from a container or from your body. Daily brushing of the skin helps the skin expel toxins. [VERB noun] As the lungs exhale this waste, gas is expelled into the atmosphere. [be VERB -ed] Synonyms: drive out, discharge, throw out, force out More Synonyms of expel.
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.
1. To force or drive out: expel an invader. 2. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief. 3. To deprive of membership or rights in an organization; force to leave: expelled the student from college for cheating.
expel something (from something) (specialist) to force air or water out of a part of the body or from a container. Expel all the air from your chest. Definition of expel verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to make someone leave a school, organization, or country because of their behaviour: [ often passive ] He was expelled from school for hitting another student. expel verb [T] (FORCE SOMETHING OUT) to force air, gas, or liquid out of something: Slowly expel all the air from your lungs.
Definitions of 'expel' 1. If someone is expelled from a school or organization, they are officially told to leave because they have behaved badly. [...] 2. If people are expelled from a place, they are made to leave it, often by force. [...] 3. To expel something means to force it out from a container or from your body. [...] More.
