Standard Lemma guide

expel

verb · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ɪkˈspɛl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛl
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P EH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To eject.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To remove from membership.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: drive away, drive out, force out

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To deport.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

eliminate (a substance)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • combustion products are exhausted in the engine
  • the plant releases a gas

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exhaust, discharge, eject, release

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out, blow, ejaculate, abort, ovulate, excrete, egest, eliminate, pass, shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage, spew, spew out, eruct, fester, maturate, suppurate, emit, breathe, pass off

6

verb

Meaning 6

cause to flee

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • rout out the fighters from their caves

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rout, rout out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: get the better of, overcome, defeat

7

verb

Meaning 7

remove from a position or office

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: remove

Narrower terms: excommunicate, depose, force out

8

verb

Meaning 8

force to leave or move out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He was expelled from his native country

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: throw out, kick out

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: move, displace

Narrower terms: eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out, expatriate, deport, exile, suspend, debar, extradite, deliver, banish, relegate, bar, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

128 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: përzë — to eject
  • Albanian: përzân (gheg) — to eject
  • Amharic: አስወጣ (ʾäswäṭa) — to eject
  • Armenian: դուրս մղել (durs mġel) — to eject
  • Armenian: արտամղել (artamġel) — to eject
  • Bulgarian: изхвърлям (izhvǎrljam) — to eject
  • Catalan: expel·lir — to eject
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排出 (páichū) — to eject
  • Czech: vypudit — to eject
  • Dutch: verdrijven — to eject
  • Dutch: verjagen — to eject
  • Esperanto: elĵeti — to eject
  • Finnish: poistaa — to eject
  • French: expulser — to eject
  • French: éjecter — to eject
  • German: verjagen — to eject
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌳𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (usdreiban) — to eject
  • Ancient Greek: ἐξωθέω (exōthéō) — to eject
  • Hebrew: גירש (gerésh) — to eject
  • Hungarian: kilő — to eject
  • Irish: ruaig — to eject
  • Italian: espellere — to eject
  • Japanese: 出す (dasu) — to eject
  • Latin: expellō — to eject
  • Latin: exigō — to eject
  • Malayalam: പുറന്തള്ളുക (puṟantaḷḷuka) — to eject
  • Māori: pana — to eject
  • Māori: pei — to eject
  • Māori: atiati — to eject
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bortvise — to eject
  • Old English: gescufan — to eject
  • Polish: wyrzucać — to eject
  • Polish: wyrzucić — to eject
  • Polish: wydalać — to eject
  • Polish: wydalić — to eject
  • Portuguese: expelir — to eject
  • Russian: выта́лкивать (vytálkivatʹ) — to eject
  • Russian: вы́толкнуть (výtolknutʹ) — to eject
  • Russian: выбра́сывать (vybrásyvatʹ) — to eject
  • Russian: вы́бросить (výbrositʹ) — to eject
  • Russian: изверга́ть (izvergátʹ) — to eject
  • Russian: изве́ргнуть (izvérgnutʹ) — to eject
  • Spanish: expulsar — to eject
  • Spanish: expeler — to eject
  • Tocharian B: lut- — to eject
  • Turkish: kovmak — to eject
  • Ugaritic: 𐎂𐎗𐎌 (grš) — to eject
  • Arabic: طَرَدَ (ṭarada) — to remove from membership
  • Arabic: نَفَى (nafā) — to remove from membership
  • Arabic: أَخْرَجَ (ʔaḵraja) — to remove from membership
  • Armenian: հեռացնել (heṙacʻnel) — to remove from membership
  • Armenian: վտարել (vtarel) — to remove from membership
  • Armenian: վռնդել (vṙndel) — to remove from membership
  • Bulgarian: изключвам (izključvam) — to remove from membership
  • Catalan: expulsar — to remove from membership
  • Chinese Mandarin: 開除 /开除 (kāichú) — to remove from membership
  • Czech: vyloučit — to remove from membership
  • Danish: bortvise — to remove from membership
  • Dutch: royeren — to remove from membership
  • Finnish: erottaa — to remove from membership
  • French: expulser — to remove from membership
  • Galician: expulsar — to remove from membership
  • Galician: enxeitar — to remove from membership
  • German: ausweisen — to remove from membership
  • Hindi: निष्कासन (niṣkāsan) — to remove from membership
  • Hungarian: kizár — to remove from membership
  • Hungarian: eltanácsol — to remove from membership
  • Hungarian: kicsap — to remove from membership
  • Italian: espellere — to remove from membership
  • Japanese: 追い出す (oidasu) — to remove from membership
  • Japanese: 放り出す (hōridasu) — to remove from membership
  • Korean: 내쫓다 (naejjotda) — to remove from membership
  • Korean: 몰아내다 (moranaeda) — to remove from membership
  • Malayalam: പുറത്താക്കുക (puṟattākkuka) — to remove from membership
  • Māori: tūwhiti — to remove from membership
  • Māori: tūhiti — to remove from membership
  • Māori: pei — to remove from membership
  • Middle English: forwerpen — to remove from membership
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bortvise — to remove from membership
  • Polish: wykluczać — to remove from membership
  • Polish: wykluczyć — to remove from membership
  • Polish: wydalać — to remove from membership
  • Polish: wydalić — to remove from membership
  • Portuguese: expulsar — to remove from membership
  • Russian: исключа́ть (isključátʹ) — to remove from membership
  • Russian: исключи́ть (isključítʹ) — to remove from membership
  • Spanish: expulsar — to remove from membership
  • Swedish: relegera — to remove from membership
  • Swedish: avstänga — to remove from membership
  • Swedish: bortvisa — to remove from membership
  • Turkish: çıkarmak — to remove from membership
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوغمق (koğmak, kovmak) — to remove from membership
  • Bulgarian: изгонвам (izgonvam) — to deport
  • Catalan: deportar — to deport
  • Catalan: expulsar — to deport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐出境 /驱逐出境 (qūzhú chūjìng) — to deport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú) — to deport
  • Czech: vyhostit — to deport
  • Dutch: deporteren — to deport
  • Esperanto: forpeli — to deport
  • French: déporter — to deport
  • French: expulser — to deport
  • German: abschieben — to deport
  • German: deportieren — to deport
  • German: verbannen — to deport
  • Hebrew: גירש (gerésh) — to deport
  • Hungarian: kiutasít — to deport
  • Hungarian: kitoloncol — to deport
  • Japanese: 追放する (tsuihō-suru) — to deport
  • Malayalam: പുറത്താക്കുക (puṟattākkuka) — to deport
  • Māori: tūwhiti — to deport
  • Māori: whakapako — to deport
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bortvise — to deport
  • Polish: wypędzać — to deport
  • Polish: wypędzić — to deport
  • Polish: wyganiać — to deport
  • Polish: wygonić — to deport
  • Polish: wygnać — to deport
  • Portuguese: expulsar — to deport
  • Portuguese: deportar — to deport
  • Russian: депорти́ровать (deportírovatʹ) — to deport
  • Russian: высыла́ть (vysylátʹ) — to deport
  • Russian: вы́слать (výslatʹ) — to deport
  • Sanskrit: नाशयति (nāśayati) — to deport
  • Scottish Gaelic: fògair — to deport
  • Turkish: afarozlamak — to deport
  • Turkish: sınırdışı etmek — to deport
  • Turkish: sürmek — to deport