expel
11expel — v. (D; tr.) to expel from (to expel a child from school) * * * [ɪk spel] (D; tr.) to expel from (to expel a child from school) …
12expel — ex|pel [ıkˈspel] v past tense and past participle expelled present participle expelling [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: expellere, from pellere to drive ] 1.) to officially force someone to leave a school or organization →↑expulsion expel… …
13expel — expellable, adj. /ik spel /, v.t., expelled, expelling. 1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country. 2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a… …
14expel — [[t]ɪkspe̱l[/t]] expels, expelling, expelled 1) VERB: usu passive If someone is expelled from a school or organization, they are officially told to leave because they have behaved badly. [be V ed] More than five thousand secondary school students …
15expel — verb expelled, expelling (T) 1 to dismiss someone officially from a school or organization: expel sb from: I was expelled from school when I was fourteen. | expel sb for doing sth: Three party members were expelled for accepting bribes. | get… …
16expel — /əkˈspɛl / (say uhk spel), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (t) (expelled, expelling) 1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country. 2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel… …
17expel — verb ADVERB ▪ forcibly ▪ They were forcibly expelled from their farm by the occupying authorities. ▪ immediately ▪ permanently ▪ Any student may be permanently expelled for coming to school with a weapon …
18expel — 01. The principal has [expelled] three students for beating up another boy. 02. He has been suspended from school a number of times and is at risk of being [expelled]. 03. A full grown oak tree [expels] about seven tons of water through its… …
19expel — ex•pel [[t]ɪkˈspɛl[/t]] v. t. pelled, pel•ling 1) to drive or force out or away; discharge; eject 2) to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college[/ex] • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < L expellere to drive out, drive… …
20expel from the bar — index disbar Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
