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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pel /ɪkˈspɛl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -pelled, -pel•ling. - to drive or force out or away;
eject:The army expelled the rebels from the region.
See -pel-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•pel (ik spel′),USA pronunciation v.t., -pelled, -pel•ling. - to drive or force out or away;
discharge or eject:to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country. - to cut off from membership or relations:to expel a student from a college.
- Latin expellere to drive out, drive away, equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + pellere to push, drive
- Middle English expellen 1350–1400
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged oust, dismiss, exile, excommunicate.
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