Definition of expel
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force to leave or move out
"He was expelled from his native country"
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boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out
put out or expel from a place
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evict, force out
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
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evict
expel or eject without recourse to legal process
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show the door
ask to leave
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bounce
eject from the premises
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exorcise, exorcize
expel through adjuration or prayers
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deport, exile, expatriate
expel from a country
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debar, suspend
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
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rusticate, send down
suspend temporarily from college or university, in England
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deliver, deport, extradite
hand over to the authorities of another country
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repatriate
send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees
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banish, bar, relegate
expel, as if by official decree
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spike
stand in the way of
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ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun
expel from a community or group
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ban, banish
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
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rusticate
send to the country
remove from a position or office
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excommunicate
oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree
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depose, force out
force to leave (an office)
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bring down, overthrow, overturn, subvert
cause the downfall of; of rulers
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remove
remove from a position or an office
cause to flee
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defeat, get the better of, overcome
win a victory over
eliminate (a substance)
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cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up
discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth
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cough
exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion
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ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spue
expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth
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spit out, splutter, sputter
spit up in an explosive manner
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blow
free of obstruction by blowing air through
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ejaculate
eject semen
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abort
terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion
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miscarry
suffer a miscarriage
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ovulate
produce and discharge eggs
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egest, eliminate, excrete, pass
eliminate from the body
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perspire, sudate, sweat
excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin
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exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude
release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities
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make, make water, micturate, pass water, pee, pee-pee, piddle, piss, puddle, relieve oneself, spend a penny, take a leak, urinate, wee, wee-wee
eliminate urine
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urinate
pass after the manner of urine
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empty, evacuate, void
excrete or discharge from the body
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ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, shit, stool, take a crap, take a shit
have a bowel movement
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barf, be sick, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke, purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew, spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up
eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood
lose blood from one's body
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flow, menstruate
undergo menstruation
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eruct, spew, spew out
eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical
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fester, maturate, suppurate
ripen and generate pus
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breathe, emit, pass off
expel (gases or odors)
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belch, bubble, burp, eruct
expel gas from the stomach
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force out
emit or cause to move with force of effort
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emanate, exhale, give forth
give out (breath or an odor)
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radiate
send out real or metaphoric rays
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bubble
form, produce, or emit bubbles
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