| NOUN | act | expulsion, ejection, exclusion, riddance | the act of forcing out someone or something |
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| act | expulsion, extrusion | squeezing out by applying pressure | |
| act | expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out | the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting |
| Sounds | ihkspah'lshahn | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of forcing out someone or something. | |
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| Example | "the child's expulsion from school" | |
| Synonyms | ejection, exclusion, riddance | |
| Narrower | barring, blackball | The act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto |
| defenestration | The act of throwing someone or something out of a window | |
| deportation | The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien | |
| ostracism | The act of excluding someone from society by general consent | |
| ouster, ousting | The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out | |
| Broader | banishment, proscription | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
| Spanish | exclusión, expulsión | |
| Catalan | exclusió, expulsió | |
| Verbs | expel | force to leave or move out |
| expel | remove from a position or office | |
| Meaning | squeezing out by applying pressure. | |
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| Example | "the expulsion of pus from the pimple" | |
| Synonym | extrusion | |
| Broader | squeeze, squeezing | The act of gripping and pressing firmly |
| Spanish | expulsión, extrusión | |
| Catalan | expulsió, extrusió | |
| Meaning | The act of expelling or projecting or ejecting. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | projection, ejection, forcing out | |
| Narrower | belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation | A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth |
| belching | The forceful expulsion of something from inside | |
| coughing up | The act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing | |
| spit, spitting, expectoration | The act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva) | |
| vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking | The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth | |
| Broader | propulsion, actuation | The act of propelling |
| Spanish | expulsión, eyección, proyección | |
| Catalan | ejecció, expulsió, projecció | |
| Verbs | expel | eliminate (a substance) |
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