expel

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ɪkˈspɛl/

Definition of expel

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To eject.
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verb

  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.”
  3. (transitive)To remove from membership.
    “He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.”
    “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.”
  4. (transitive)To deport.

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Etymology

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

Anagrams of expel

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