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- pronunciation:
- ihk
spel
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
expels, expelling, expelled |
| definition 1: |
to put or drive out forcibly.
The pierced balloon expelled its air.- synonyms:
- eject, extrude
- antonyms:
- admit
- similar words:
- banish, belch, bounce, discharge, disgorge, displace, emit, heave, purge, release, rout, run out, vent, vomit
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| definition 2: |
to dismiss or oust, as from a school, organization, or organized event.
Several players were expelled from the league.After he was found defacing school property, he was expelled.Fighting can get you expelled from the game.- synonyms:
- dismiss, oust
- antonyms:
- admit
- similar words:
- banish, cashier, drum out, eject, kick out, suspend
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| related words: |
bar, blackball, chase, deport, desolate, dismiss, dispel, dispossess, eliminate, erupt, evacuate, exhale, exile, leak, ostracize, overthrow, remove, repel, spout, transport, turn, void |
adverb + (v.)expel
brutally, forcibly, officially, permanently, physically, since, summarily
(v.)expel
+ adverb
allegedly, good, likewise, temporarily
(v.)expel
+ noun
air,
alga,
ambassador,
bacterium,
barbarian,
bin,
breath,
carbon,
cough,
demon,
dioxide,
diplomat,
exhaust,
fetus,
fighter,
force,
foreigner,
ghost,
homeland,
immigrant,
inhabitant,
inspector,
invader,
iraqis,
lung,
member,
military,
navy,
party,
plume,
preschooler,
present,
priest,
rank,
rebel,
reconnection,
refugee,
retaliation,
scent,
school,
scout,
semester,
sigh,
smoke,
territory,
toxin,
troop,
urine,
vagina,
waste,
witch,
womb
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| derivation: |
expellable (adj.) |
The word expel
contains the following parts:
ex-
Latin
prefix
that means out, out of, away from
  More about this word part:
The prefix ex-
was a Latin preposition and prefix and occurs in English in Latin loanwords, such as exit
and expel
. It has multiple forms, as the 'x' sound in ex-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms e-, ef-, and es-. ex-
is also used in the formation of English words such as "ex-partner," where it means "formerly having the status of."
Example words:
exalt, exceed, excel, excellent, exclude, exclusion, exhaust, exit, exorbitant, expatriate, expedition, expel, expensive, explicable, export, expurgate, extemporaneous, extract, inexplicable
- synonyms:
- extr-, extra-, exter-
pel, puls
Latin
root
that means drive, push
Example words:
compel, compulsion, compulsive, compulsory, dispel, expel, expulsion, impel, interpellate, propel, repel, repulse
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