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expel verb [ ɪkˈspɛl ]

• officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization.
• "she was expelled from school"
Similar: throw out, bar, ban, debar, drum out, thrust out, push out, turn out, oust, remove, get rid of, reject, dismiss, blackball, blacklist, cashier, chuck out, sling out, fling out, kick/boot out, heave out, send packing, defenestrate, give someone the push, give someone the elbow, give someone the big E, bin off, turf out, give someone the air, give someone the bum's rush, out,
Opposite: admit, welcome,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- ‘out’ + pellere ‘to drive’.


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