expel

Remove by force

Expel means to force out or drive away.

A student expelled from school is permanently removed for misconduct.

A country expels diplomats by ordering them to leave.

The body expels waste.

Lungs expel air.

The protesters were expelled from the building.

The word implies authority or force behind the removal.

banish

exile

Banishment from homeland

deportation · oust · cast out · drive out · send away · eject · remove · evict · throw out · kick out

ostracize

shun

Deliberately keep away

excommunicate · marginalize · reject · snub · cold-shoulder · alienate · isolate · boycott · disfellowship · disown

dismiss

fire

Combustion with flames

let go · lay off · axe · can · remove · oust · cashier · boot · give notice · show the door

eject

discharge

Release of substance outward

release · force out · blow out · spout · belch · disgorge · vent · exhale · excrete · void

purge

cleanse

Remove dirt or sin

rid · clear out · flush out · root out · weed out · drive out · stamp out · extirpate · get rid of · do away with

evict

tenant

One who rents property

notice · vacate · dispossess · foreclosure · rent · arrears · removal · oust · eject · put out

Categories
Opposites
membership/inclusion

expeladmit

Confess or grant entry

welcome · accept · enroll · include · receive

physical ejection/intake

expelinhale

Draw air in

absorb · ingest · intake · take in · inspire

spatial movement/containment

expelcontain

Hold within limits

retain · harbor · keep in · hold · house

Phrases
Family

expelled, expulsion, expels, expelling, reexpelled, expeller, expellable

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