English
Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin expellere , from ex- ( “ out ” ) + pellere ( “ to drive ” ) .
Pronunciation
Verb
expel (third-person singular simple present expels , present participle expelling , simple past and past participle expelled )
To eject or erupt .
( obsolete ) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
( transitive ) To remove from membership .
Synonyms: drive away , drive out , force out
He was expelled from school multiple times.
2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian [1] :She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party.
( transitive ) To deport .
Synonyms
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Antonyms
Translations
to eject
Bulgarian: изхвърлям (bg) ( izhvǎrljam )
Catalan: expel·lir (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 排出 (zh) ( páichū )
Czech: vypudit
Dutch: verdrijven (nl) , verjagen (nl)
Finnish: poistaa (fi)
French: expulser (fr)
German: verjagen (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: ἐξωθέω ( exōthéō )
Hungarian: kilő (hu)
Italian: espellere (it)
Japanese: 出す (ja) ( だす, dasu )
Maori: pana , pei , atiati
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Norwegian:
Bokmål: bortvise
Polish: wyrzucać (pl) impf , wyrzucić (pl) pf , wydalać (pl) impf , wydalić (pl) pf
Portuguese: expelir (pt)
Russian: выта́лкивать (ru) impf ( vytálkivatʹ ) , вы́толкнуть (ru) pf ( výtolknutʹ ) , выбра́сывать (ru) impf ( vybrásyvatʹ ) , вы́бросить (ru) pf ( výbrositʹ ) , изверга́ть (ru) impf ( izvergátʹ ) , изве́ргнуть (ru) pf ( izvérgnutʹ )
Spanish: expulsar (es) , expeler (es)
Turkish: kovmak (tr)
to remove from membership
Bulgarian: изключвам (bg) ( izključvam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開除 / 开除 (zh) ( kāichú ) , 开除 (zh) ( kāichú )
Czech: vyloučit (cs)
Danish: bortvise
Dutch: royeren (nl)
Finnish: erottaa (fi)
French: expulser (fr)
Galician: expulsar , enxeitar
German: ausweisen (de)
Hungarian: kizár (hu)
Italian: espellere (it)
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Japanese: 追い出す ( おいだす, oidasu ) , 放り出す (ja) ( ほうりだす, hōridasu )
Maori: tūwhiti , tūhiti , pei
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bortvise
Polish: wykluczać (pl) impf , wykluczyć (pl) pf , wydalać (pl) impf , wydalić (pl) pf
Portuguese: expulsar (pt)
Russian: исключа́ть (ru) impf ( isključátʹ ) , исключи́ть (ru) pf ( isključítʹ )
Spanish: expulsar (es)
Turkish: çıkarmak (tr)
to deport
Bulgarian: изгонвам (bg) ( izgonvam )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 驅逐出境 / 驱逐出境 (zh) , 驱逐出境 (zh) ( qūzhú chūjìng ) , 驅逐 / 驱逐 (zh) ( qūzhú ) , 驱逐 (zh) ( qūzhú )
Czech: vyhostit (cs)
Dutch: deporteren (nl)
Esperanto: forpeli (eo)
French: déporter (fr) , expulser (fr)
German: abschieben (de) , deportieren (de) , verbannen (de)
Hungarian: kiutasít (hu) , kitoloncol (hu)
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Japanese: 追放する (ja) ( ついほうする, tsuihō-suru )
Maori: tūwhiti
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bortvise
Polish: wypędzać impf , wypędzić (pl) pf , wyganiać (pl) impf , wygonić (pl) pf , wygnać (pl) pf
Russian: депорти́ровать (ru) impf ( deportírovatʹ ) , высыла́ть (ru) impf ( vysylátʹ ) , вы́слать (ru) pf ( výslatʹ )
Sanskrit: नाशयति (sa) ( nāśayati )
Scottish Gaelic: fògair
Turkish: afarozlamak , sınırdışı etmek , sürmek (tr)