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expulsion

/ɪkˈspʌlʃən/

expulsion noun: the act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

Noun

expulsion (countable and uncountable, plural expulsions)

  1. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
    • The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.

expulsion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

expulsion in Hindi

the act of expelling or the state of being expelled
निष्कासन niṣkāsan

expulsion in Tamil

நாடு கடத்தல், நாடு கடத்துதல், வெளியே தள்ளுதல், வெளியே துரத்துதல், வெளியேற்றம், வெளியேற்றல்

expulsion in Marathi

expulsion, excretion
उत्सर्ग utsarga

expulsion in Urdu

expulsion, efflux, relegation
اخراج ixrāj
More languagesFewer languages
expulsion in Bengali
বহিষ্কার bohiśkar, বিতাড়ন bitāṛôn
expulsion in Telugu
బహిష్కరణ, బహిష్కరించడం
expulsion in Malayalam
പുറത്താക്കൽ puṟattākkal
expulsion in Kannada
ನೀಗಿಕೆ, ಹೊರಪಡಿಕೆ, ಹೊರದೂಡುವುದು, ಹೊರದೂಡುವಿಕೆ
expulsion in Gujarati
હકાલપટ્ટી, હાંકી કાઢવું
expulsion in Odia
ବହିଷ୍କାର
expulsion in Sanskrit
बहिष्कार bahiṣkāra
expulsion in Nepali
निष्कासन
expulsion in Arabic
إِبْعَاد ʔibʕād
expulsion in Persian
اخراج exrâj
expulsion in Thai
ไล่ออก lâi-ɔ̀ɔk

Examples of expulsion in a sentence

  • Frothing at the mouth and threatening expulsion, Coach relentlessly drove the team to more laps of the pitch.
  • And being caught a third time, they said, would mean expulsion.”
  • Dross is related with the incomplete expulsion of the melt from the bottom of the kerf.

All 10 example sentences with expulsion

Antonyms of expulsion

Forms of expulsion

pluralexpulsions

Plural of expulsion: expulsions

Origin of expulsion

From Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.

Words formed from expulsion

Questions about expulsion

What does expulsion mean?
Expulsion means the act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
What is expulsion in Hindi?
Expulsion in Hindi is निष्कासन (niṣkāsan). See Expulsion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is expulsion?
Expulsion is a noun.
How do you pronounce expulsion?
Expulsion is pronounced /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/.
What is the plural of expulsion?
The plural of expulsion is expulsions.

Words near expulsion in the dictionary

  1. expulsed
  2. expulser
  3. expulsers
  4. expulses
  5. expulsing
  6. expulsion
  7. expulsionary
  8. expulsionism
  9. expulsionist
  10. expulsionists
  11. expulsions

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: expulsion (page history and authors); expulsion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); उत्सर्ग (Marathi) (page history and authors); اخراج (Urdu) (page history and authors); বহিষ্কার (Bengali) (page history and authors); expulsion (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); പുറത്താക്കൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); expulsion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); expulsion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); expulsion (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); बहिष्कार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); expulsion (Nepali, 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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