expelled
Removed from school
Expelled is the past tense of expel, meaning to force out or eject.
A student expelled from school is permanently removed for misconduct.
A country may expel diplomats during political disputes.
The word also applies to physical ejection: The volcano expelled ash and lava.
Being expelled carries a sense of formal, often punitive removal rather than casual departure.
Forcibly removed
- launchedSet in motion
- thrustForceful forward motion
- flungPast tense of hurl
- catapultedThrown with sudden force
hurled · shot · blasted · discharged · spewed · jettisoned · extruded · exhaled
Banishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
pariah · excommunicated · disowned · blacklisted · proscribed · expatriated · displaced · unwelcome
Terminated from employment
- terminatedBrought to an end
- sackedDismissed from a job
- dischargedOfficially let go
- oustedRemoved from position
dismissed · axed · laid-off · canned · booted · removed · severance
Blocked from entry
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- removedTaken from position
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
debarred · disqualified · revoked · stripped · ousted · court-martialed · impeached · unseated
Temporary halt or exclusion
- disenrollmentTermination of membership status
- rusticationExpulsion to the country
- probationSupervised trial period
- disciplinaryRelated to enforcing rules
plagiarism · cheating · tribunal · hearing · appeal · readmission · transcript
ejected
Forcibly removed
catapulted · hurled · shot · blasted · discharged · spewed · jettisoned · extruded · exhaled · vomited
exile
Banishment from homeland
- deportationLegal expulsion from country
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- outcastShunned, rejected person
shunned · pariah · excommunicated · disowned · blacklisted · proscribed · expatriated · displaced · unwelcome · alienated
fired
Terminated from employment
- terminatedBrought to an end
- sackedDismissed from a job
- dischargedOfficially let go
ousted · dismissed · axed · laid-off · canned · booted · removed · severance
barred
Blocked from entry
suspended · debarred · disqualified · revoked · stripped · ousted · court-martialed · impeached · unseated · defrocked
suspension
Temporary halt or exclusion
- disenrollmentTermination of membership status
- rusticationExpulsion to the country
- probationSupervised trial period
disciplinary · plagiarism · cheating · tribunal · hearing · appeal · readmission · transcript
- removedremoved, taken out, eliminated, deleted, erased
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated
- Academic Statusgood standing, probation, academic probation, dean's list, honors
- exileexile, banishment, exiled, banished, exiling
- student statusenrolled, withdrawn, graduated, suspended, active
- disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
expelledpardoned
Formally forgiven for offense
forgiven · unpunished · exonerated · absolved · acquitted
- expelled studentOne removed for misconduct