Dictionary

expel en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪkˈspɛl/

Etymology

Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To eject.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
   • But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
3. (transitive) To remove from membership.
   • 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. 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
   • He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
4. (transitive) To deport.

Forms

Antonyms

impel

Deriveds

expellee · reexpel · expeller · unexpelled · expellable

Relateds

expulsion

Synonyms

drive out · fordrive · drive away · turf out · force out

Translations (129)

cmn 驅逐出境 /驱逐出境 (to deport) · bg изхвърлям (to eject) · pl wydalać (to eject) · cs vyloučit (to remove from membership) · fi karkottaa (to deport) · de verbannen (to deport) · es expulsar (to eject) · ar أَخْرَجَ (to remove from membership) · tr sürmek (to deport) · pl wykluczyć (to remove from membership) · hy արտամղել (to eject) · fr éjecter (to eject) · hi निष्कासन (to remove from membership) · uga 𐎂𐎗𐎌 (to eject) · nl verjagen (to eject) · ja 追放する (to deport) · am አስወጣ (to eject) · pl wydalić (to eject) · hu kitoloncol (to deport) · pt expulsar (to remove from membership) · gl enxeitar (to remove from membership) · de ausweisen (to remove from membership) · ru вы́толкнуть (to eject) · sv bortvisa (to remove from membership) · es expulsar (to remove from membership) · ang gescufan (to eject) · grc ἐξωθέω (to eject) · la exigō (to eject) · pl wyrzucić (to eject) · pl wyrzucać (to eject) · nb bortvise (to remove from membership) · hy վռնդել (to remove from membership) · pt deportar (to deport) · mi tūwhiti (to deport) · ru выта́лкивать (to eject) · ml പുറത്താക്കുക (to deport) · bg изключвам (to remove from membership) · got 𐌿𐍃𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (to eject) · enm forwerpen (to remove from membership) · sq përzë (to eject) · nb bortvise (to deport) · mi atiati (to eject) · pl wypędzać (to deport) · mi pei (to eject) · ru изве́ргнуть (to eject) · ml പുറത്താക്കുക (to remove from membership) · ru вы́слать (to deport) · ru изверга́ть (to eject) · hu kiutasít (to deport) · fr expulser (to deport) · sa नाशयति (to deport) · la expellō (to eject) · mi tūhiti (to remove from membership) · ja 追い出す (to remove from membership) · nl verdrijven (to eject) · ko 내쫓다 (to remove from membership) · fr expulser (to remove from membership) · eo elĵeti (to eject) · ga ruaig (to eject) · hu eltanácsol (to remove from membership) · pl wypędzić (to deport) · fr déporter (to deport) · fr expulser (to eject) · sv avstänga (to remove from membership) · sv relegera (to remove from membership) · ca expulsar (to deport) · it espellere (to remove from membership) · hu kizár (to remove from membership) · mi pana (to eject) · pt expulsar (to deport) · pl wygnać (to deport) · he גירש (to deport) · mi tūwhiti (to remove from membership) · ko 몰아내다 (to remove from membership) · it espellere (to eject) · pl wykluczać (to remove from membership) · gl expulsar (to remove from membership) · nl royeren (to remove from membership) · ca deportar (to deport) · hy վտարել (to remove from membership) · cmn 開除 /开除 (to remove from membership) · de verjagen (to eject) · ru выбра́сывать (to eject) · es expeler (to eject) · ru депорти́ровать (to deport) · sq përzân (gheg) (to eject) · ota قوغمق (to remove from membership) · cmn 驅逐 /驱逐 (to deport) · ca expulsar (to remove from membership) · fi poistaa (to eject) · ru высыла́ть (to deport) · txb lut- (to eject) · da bortvise (to remove from membership) · ml പുറന്തള്ളുക (to eject) · nb bortvise (to eject) · tr çıkarmak (to remove from membership) · tr sınırdışı etmek (to deport) · cmn 排出 (to eject) · hy դուրս մղել (to eject) · ja 放り出す (to remove from membership) · bg изгонвам (to deport) · mi whakapako (to deport) · pl wydalić (to remove from membership) · pl wyganiać (to deport) · ru исключи́ть (to remove from membership) · fi erottaa (to remove from membership) · ca expel·lir (to eject) · he גירש (to eject) · hu kilő (to eject) · de deportieren (to deport) · pt expelir (to eject) · hu kicsap (to remove from membership) · ar طَرَدَ (to remove from membership) · pl wydalać (to remove from membership) · ru исключа́ть (to remove from membership) · tr afarozlamak (to deport) · de abschieben (to deport) · eo forpeli (to deport) · ja 出す (to eject) · cs vypudit (to eject) · gd fògair (to deport) · cs vyhostit (to deport) · ar نَفَى (to remove from membership) · mi pei (to remove from membership) · ru вы́бросить (to eject) · hy հեռացնել (to remove from membership) · nl deporteren (to deport) · pl wygonić (to deport) · tr kovmak (to eject)