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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"
Britannica Dictionary definition of EXPEL. [+ object] 1. : to officially force (someone) to leave a place or organization. The club may expel members who do not follow the rules. She was expelled from school for bad behavior. 2. : to push or force (something) out. expel air from the lungs.
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. Latin expellere to drive out, drive away, equivalent. to ex- ex - 1 + pellere to push, drive. Middle English expellen 1350–1400. ex•pel′la•ble, adj.
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.
5 days ago · To eject or erupt. ( obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.). ( transitive) To remove from membership . Synonyms: drive away, drive out, force out. He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour. ( transitive) To deport. Synonyms [ edit]
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.
Dictionary definition of expel. To force someone or something out of a place or situation, often through official or authoritative action. "The government can expel foreign nationals who overstay their visas." Detailed meaning of expel.
expel. verb. uk / ɪkˈspel/. expelling | expelled. to make someone leave a school, organization, or country: He was expelled from school for fighting. (Definition of expel from the Cambridge Essential Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
