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expelled

expelled is the simple past and past participle of expel.

Meaning of expel

Verb

expel (third-person singular simple present expels, present participle expelling, simple past and past participle expelled)

  1. (transitive) To eject.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) 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
  3. (transitive) To remove from membership.
    • He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
  4. (transitive) To deport.

Forms of expelled

alternative formexpeled

Words formed from expelled

Questions about expelled

What is expelled the simple past and past participle of?
Expelled is the simple past and past participle of expel.

Words near expelled in the dictionary

  1. expeling
  2. expell
  3. expellable
  4. expellant
  5. expellants
  6. expelled
  7. expellee
  8. expellees
  9. expellency
  10. expellent
  11. expellents

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