Word of the Day:
expel
What It Means
To eject.
To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
To remove from membership.
He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
Expel in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).
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