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expulsive

expulsive adjective: tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.

Adjective

expulsive (comparative more expulsive, superlative most expulsive)

  1. Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
    Synonyms:
    expulsory

expulsive meaning in Tamil

expulsive in Tamil

புறந்தள்ள வல்ல

Synonyms of expulsive

Forms of expulsive

comparativemore expulsive
superlativemost expulsive

Origin of expulsive

From Latin expulsīvus. By surface analysis, expulse + -ive.

Words formed from expulsive

Phrases with expulsive

Questions about expulsive

What does expulsive mean?
Expulsive means tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
What is expulsive in Tamil?
Expulsive in Tamil is புறந்தள்ள வல்ல. See Expulsive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is expulsive?
Expulsive is an adjective.

Words near expulsive in the dictionary

  1. expulsionary
  2. expulsionism
  3. expulsionist
  4. expulsionists
  5. expulsions
  6. expulsive
  7. expulsiveness
  8. expulsory
  9. expumicate
  10. expunct
  11. expuncted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: expulsive (page history and authors); expulsive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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