English > expel: 4 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | Force to leave or move out. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Example | "He was expelled from his native country" |
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| Synonyms | throw out, kick out |
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| Narrower | banish, relegate, bar | Expel, as if by official decree |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | expeler, expulsar |
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| Catalan | expulsar |
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| Nouns | expulsion | the act of forcing out someone or something |
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English > expel: 4 senses > verb 4, body| Meaning | Eliminate (a substance). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | exhaust, discharge, eject, release |
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| Narrower | abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
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| 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 |
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| Catalan | expel·lir, expulsar |
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| Nouns | expelling | any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body |
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| expulsion | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting |
