Definition

1. Verb:
   • To force someone to leave a place, organization, or country, often as an official punishment: To officially make someone leave a school, club, or country, usually because they have broken a rule or law.
   • To force something out, especially air, gas, or a substance from the body or a container: To eject or discharge something, often with force.

Usage

• The verb "expel" is transitive and requires a direct object (e.g., expel or expel ).
• It is often used in formal or official contexts, such as academic, legal, or governmental situations.
• The past tense and past participle form is "expelled."

Examples

• Forcing a person to leave:
  • The university decided to expel the student for academic dishonesty.
  • The government expelled the diplomats accused of espionage.
• Forcing a substance out:
  • The engine expels exhaust gases through the tailpipe.
  • When you sneeze, you expel air and particles from your nose and mouth.

Advanced Usage

• "Expel from": This is the most common prepositional phrase used with "expel," indicating the source or location from which someone/something is removed.
  • He was expelled from the club for violating its code of conduct.
• In a scientific context, "expel" can describe biological processes.
  • The body expels toxins through various means.

Variants and Related Words

• Expulsion (n): The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
  • His actions led to his expulsion from the team.
• Expellee (n): A person who has been expelled, especially from a country.
  • The expellees sought refuge in a neighboring nation.

Synonyms

• Oust: To remove or drive out from a position or place.
• Eject: To force or throw something out, often more physically.
• Banish: To send someone away from a place, especially as an official punishment (often from a country).
• Evict: To expel someone, typically a tenant, from a property.

Antonyms

• Admit: To allow someone to enter or join.
• Welcome: To greet someone hospitably and willingly.
• Inhale: To breathe in (opposite of expelling air).

Related Phrasal Verbs

• "Expel from" is the standard construction and functions similarly to a phrasal verb, meaning to force out of a specific place or group.
  • The principal had no choice but to expel the bully from the school.

Related Idioms

• While there is no common idiom centered solely on the word "expel," the concept is present in phrases like:
  • "Give someone the boot" (informal): To dismiss or expel someone.

    • After the scandal, the company gave the CEO the boot.

Verb

1. eliminate (a substance)
   • combustion products are exhausted in the engine
   • the plant releases a gas
2. cause to flee
   • rout out the fighters from their caves
3. remove from a position or office
   • The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
4. force to leave or move out
   • He was expelled from his native country