Etymology

expulsive

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Today it means: Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion. Full definition →

Latin expulsīvus
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  1. Latin · derived fromexpulsīvus
  2. English todayexpulsive

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

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