| VERB | social | expel, throw out, kick out | force to leave or move out |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | expel, oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out | remove from a position or office | |
| competition | expel, rout, rout out | cause to flee | |
| body | expel, exhaust, discharge, eject, release | eliminate (a substance) |
| Sounds | ihkspeh'l | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aix-la-Chapelle ... zinfandel / Zinfandel: 95 rhymes with ehl... | |
| Meaning | Force to leave or move out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He was expelled from his native country" | |
| Synonyms | throw out, kick out | |
| Narrower | banish, relegate, bar | Expel, as if by official decree |
| banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball | Expel from a community or group | |
| banish, ban | ban from a place of residence, as for punishment | |
| eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out | put out or expel from a place | |
| expatriate, deport, exile | Expel from a country | |
| extradite, deliver, deport | hand over to the authorities of another country | |
| suspend, debar | bar temporarily | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | expeler, expulsar | |
| Catalan | expulsar | |
| Nouns | expulsion | the act of forcing out someone or something |
| Meaning | Remove from a position or office. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out | |
| Narrower | depose, force out | Force to leave (an office) |
| excommunicate | oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree | |
| Broader | remove | Remove from a position or an office |
| Spanish | echar, expeler, expulsar | |
| Catalan | expulsar | |
| Nouns | expulsion | the act of forcing out someone or something |
| Meaning | Cause to flee. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | rout, rout out | |
| Broader | get the better of, overcome, defeat | win a victory over |
| Spanish | expulsar | |
| Catalan | expulsar | |
| Meaning | Eliminate (a substance). | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | exhaust, discharge, eject, release | |
| Narrower | abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
| blow | Free of obstruction by blowing air through | |
| ejaculate | Eject semen | |
| emit, breathe, pass off | Expel (gases or odors) | |
| excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body | |
| expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out | Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | |
| fester, maturate, suppurate | ripen and generate pus | |
| ovulate | produce and discharge eggs | |
| shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage | Lose blood from one's body | |
| spew, spew out, eruct | Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical | |
| Spanish | expeler, expulsar | |
| Catalan | expel·lir, expulsar | |
| Nouns | expelling | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body |
| expulsion | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | |
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