| expelled | (v.) | expel |
| expel | | |
| v. (social) | 1. expel, kick out, throw out | force to leave or move out.; "He was expelled from his native country" |
| ~ eject, turf out, boot out, chuck out, exclude, turn out | put out or expel from a place.; "The unruly student was excluded from the game" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ exile, expatriate, deport | expel from a country.; "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions" |
| ~ debar, suspend | bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.. |
| ~ extradite, deport, deliver | hand over to the authorities of another country.; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there" |
| ~ banish, bar, relegate | expel, as if by official decree.; "he was banished from his own country" |
| ~ banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun, ban | expel from a community or group. |
| ~ banish, ban | ban from a place of residence, as for punishment. |
| v. (social) | 2. boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, oust, throw out | remove from a position or office.; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds" |
| ~ excommunicate | oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree. |
| ~ remove | remove from a position or an office. |
| ~ depose, force out | force to leave (an office). |
| v. (competition) | 3. expel, rout, rout out | cause to flee.; "rout out the fighters from their caves" |
| ~ defeat, get the better of, overcome | win a victory over.; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" |
| v. (body) | 4. discharge, eject, exhaust, expel, release | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| ~ cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit up, spit out | discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth. |
| ~ blow | free of obstruction by blowing air through.; "blow one's nose" |
| ~ ejaculate | eject semen. |
| ~ abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion. |
| ~ ovulate | produce and discharge eggs.; "women ovulate about once every month" |
| ~ egest, excrete, eliminate, pass | eliminate from the body.; "Pass a kidney stone" |
| ~ bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood | lose blood from one's body. |
| ~ eruct, spew out, spew | eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical.; "the volcano spews out molten rocks every day"; "The editors of the paper spew out hostile articles about the Presidential candidate" |
| ~ fester, suppurate, maturate | ripen and generate pus.; "her wounds are festering" |
| ~ emit, pass off, breathe | expel (gases or odors). |
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