expel
Syllables: ex·pel/ɪkˈspɛl/
expel verb: to eject.
Verb
expel (third-person singular simple present expels, present participle expelling, simple past and past participle expelled)
- To eject.
- To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
- But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- 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.2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian
- Synonyms:
- drive away, drive out, force out
- To deport.
expel meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
expel in Hindi
- to remove from membership
- निष्कासन niṣkāsan
expel in Tamil
- அகற்று, நீக்கு வெளியேற்று, நாடு கடத்து, நீக்கு, வெளியேற்று
expel in Marathi
- हकालपट्टी करणे
expel in Urdu
- دربدرکرنا, خارج کرنا, نکالنا
More languagesFewer languages
- expel in Bengali
- বহিষ্কার করা, বের করে দেওয়া, তাড়িয়ে দেওয়া
- expel in Malayalam
- പുറന്തള്ളുക puṟantaḷḷuka, പുറത്താക്കുക puṟattākkuka
- expel in Kannada
- ಎಸು esu
- expel in Gujarati
- હાંકી કાઢવા
- expel in Sanskrit
- नाशयति nāśayati
- expel in Arabic
- طَرَدَ ṭarada, نَفَى nafā, أَخْرَجَ ʔaḵraja
Examples of expel in a sentence
- The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration.
- I got expelled when I punked the principal.
- Children who exhibit disruptive behaviour may be expelled from school.
Synonyms of expel
Antonyms
Forms of expel
| third-person singular present | expels |
|---|---|
| present participle | expelling |
| past participle | expelled |
| past | expelled |
Origin of expel
Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).
Words formed from expel
Words that rhyme with expel
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- hell
- hotel
- repel
- smell
- cartel
- dell
- pell
- quell
- as well
- au naturel
- dwell
- fell
- gel
- La Rochelle
- lol
- oversell
- stell
- wel
- ABDL
- dispel
- ell
- kell
- knell
- mell
- personnel
- quenelle
- snell
- undersell
- yell
- belle
- death knell
- del
- farewell
- flotel
- foretell
- gazelle
- impel
- mademoiselle
- marcel
- mel
- morell
- Moselle
- motel
- NFL
- overswell
- propel
- pucelle
- rappel
Questions about expel
- What does expel mean?
- Expel means to eject.
- What is expel in Hindi?
- Expel in Hindi is निष्कासन (niṣkāsan). See Expel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is expel?
- Expel is a verb.
- How do you pronounce expel?
- Expel is pronounced /ɪkˈspɛl/.
- What is the past tense of expel?
- The past tense of expel is expelled.
Words near expel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: expel (page history and authors); expel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); expel (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); expel (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Expel (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಎಸು (Kannada) (page history and authors); expel (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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