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verb

Expel v. t. (past & past part. expelled; pres. part. expelling)

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as, to expel air from a bellows. "Did not ye... expel me out of my father's house?"

To drive away from one's country; to banish. "Forewasted all their land, and them expelled.". "He shall expel them from before you... and ye shall possess their land."

To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw."

To discharge; to shoot. (Obs.) "Then he another and another (shaft) did expel.".

Synonyms: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish.

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"Expel" Quotes from Famous Books

... have taken this city," he said, "and you have ordered the locks to be broken that you may expel the inhabitants, and replace them with persons favorable to your own interests. If you propose to act thus against justice and mercy, you injure me, your chancellor, and lessen your own honor. I exhort you, therefore, to restore me the city which you have ...

— Historical Tales, Vol 5 (of 15) - The Romance of Reality, German • Charles Morris

... up for French and German. Miss Leverett is so angry. What do you think she will do to me, Gill? Expel me?' ...

— Beechcroft at Rockstone • Charlotte M. Yonge

... of the ovum. In the latter period the muscle-fibers of the womb are usually irritable and therefore the rolling of a ship or the jolting of a car may set up painful contractions which in some instances expel the fetus. Generally there is the least risk of accident between the eighteenth and the thirty-second weeks, though patients should be careful even during this interval not to travel at the time when a menstrual period ...

— The Prospective Mother - A Handbook for Women During Pregnancy • J. Morris Slemons

... been obliged to turn Topar out of my tent, and expel him the camp for theft, but at the same time Mr. Browne explained to the natives why I did so, and told them that I should in like manner expel any other who so transgressed, and they appeared fully to concur in the justice ...

— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt

... after the baby is born (although sometimes an hour or more will elapse) the mother will feel a brief return of the labor pains which had ceased with the birth. These are due to contractions of the uterus as it seeks to expel the afterbirth. Do not pull on the cord ...

— Emergency Childbirth - A Reference Guide for Students of the Medical Self-help - Training Course, Lesson No. 11 • U. S. Department of Defense

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