expulsion
/iks'pʌlʃn/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The act of forcing someone to leave a place or organization: "Expulsion" refers to the official removal of a person from a school, country, or group, often as a punishment.
- The act of forcing something out: "Expulsion" can also mean the action of ejecting or discharging a substance from a container or the body.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The student faced expulsion for repeated violations of the code of conduct.
- The expulsion of the diplomats led to an international crisis.
- The machine works by the rapid expulsion of air.
Advanced Usage
- "Expulsion from": This is the most common prepositional phrase used with this noun.
- His expulsion from the club was a result of the scandal.
- Used in formal, legal, or medical contexts to denote a forced removal or discharge.
Variants and Related Words
- Expel (verb): To force someone to leave a place or organization.
- The government decided to expel the spy.
- Expulsive (adjective): Having the power to expel.
- The medicine has an expulsive effect.
Synonyms
- Ejection: The act of forcing or throwing something out.
- Ousting: The act of removing someone from a position of power or a place.
- Deportation: The action of expelling a foreigner from a country.
- Discharge: The action of releasing or sending something out.
Related Phrases
- Risk of expulsion: The possibility of being forced to leave.
- He was put on probation and warned about the risk of expulsion.
- Grounds for expulsion: The reasons that justify forcing someone out.
- Cheating on the exam are grounds for expulsion.
Related Idioms
- No common idioms are directly formed with the word "expulsion" itself. The concept is typically expressed directly (e.g., "get expelled," "face expulsion").
Noun
- the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
- squeezing out by applying pressure
- an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube
- the expulsion of pus from the pimple
- the act of forcing out someone or something
- the ejection of troublemakers by the police
- the child's expulsion from school