Meanings
present singular third person expels · participle present expelling · participle past expelled · past expelled
- transitiveTo eject.
- obsoletetransitiveTo fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - transitiveTo remove from membership.
He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
1 more example
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.
2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in GuardianSynonyms: drive away, drive out, force out
- transitiveTo deport.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo remove from membership.
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Origin
- Latinexpellere
- Englishexpel
Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐξωθέω
- ἐξωθέω (exōthéō)to eject
Arabic طَرَدَ, نَفَى
- طَرَدَ (ṭarada)to remove from membership
- نَفَى (nafā)to remove from membership
- أَخْرَجَ (ʔaḵraja)to remove from membership
Bulgarian изхвърлям, изключвам
- изхвърлям (izhvărljam)to eject
- изключвам (izključvam)to remove from membership
- изгонвам (izgonvam)to deport
Catalan expel·lir, expulsar
- expel·lirto eject
- expulsarto remove from membership
- deportarto deport
- expulsarto deport
Chinese Mandarin 排出, 開除 /开除
- 排出 (páichū)to eject
- 開除 /开除 (kāichú)to remove from membership
- 驅逐出境 /驱逐出境 (qūzhú chūjìng)to deport
- 驅逐 /驱逐 (qūzhú)to deport
Czech vypudit, vyloučit
- vypuditto eject
- vyloučitto remove from membership
- vyhostitto deport
Danish bortvise
- bortviseto remove from membership
Dutch verdrijven, verjagen
- verdrijvento eject
- verjagento eject
- royerento remove from membership
- deporterento deport
Esperanto elĵeti, forpeli
- elĵetito eject
- forpelito deport
Finnish poistaa, erottaa
- poistaato eject
- erottaato remove from membership
- karkottaato deport
French expulser, éjecter
- expulserto eject
- éjecterto eject
- expulserto remove from membership
- déporterto deport
- expulserto deport
German verjagen, ausweisen
- verjagento eject
- ausweisento remove from membership
- abschiebento deport
- deportierento deport
- verbannento deport
Hebrew גירש, גירש
- גירש (gerésh)to eject
- גירש (gerésh)to deport
Hindi निष्कासन
- निष्कासन (niṣkāsan)to remove from membership
Hungarian kilő, kizár
- kilőto eject
- kizárto remove from membership
- eltanácsolto remove from membership
- kicsapto remove from membership
- kiutasítto deport
- kitoloncolto deport
Irish ruaig
- ruaigto eject
Italian espellere, espellere
- espellereto eject
- espellereto remove from membership
Japanese 出す, 追い出す
- 出す (dasu)to eject
- 追い出す (oidasu)to remove from membership
- 放り出す (hōridasu)to remove from membership
- 追放する (tsuihō-suru)to deport
Korean 내쫓다, 몰아내다
- 내쫓다 (naejjotda)to remove from membership
- 몰아내다 (moranaeda)to remove from membership
Latin expellō, exigō
- expellōto eject
- exigōto eject
Māori pana, pei
- panato eject
- peito eject
- atiatito eject
- tūwhitito remove from membership
- tūhitito remove from membership
- peito remove from membership
- tūwhitito deport
- whakapakoto deport
Norwegian Bokmål bortvise, bortvise
- bortviseto eject
- bortviseto remove from membership
- bortviseto deport
Polish wyrzucać, wyrzucić
- wyrzucaćto eject
- wyrzucićto eject
- wydalaćto eject
- wydalićto eject
- wykluczaćto remove from membership
- wykluczyćto remove from membership
- wydalaćto remove from membership
- wydalićto remove from membership
- wypędzaćto deport
- wypędzićto deport
- wyganiaćto deport
- wygonićto deport
Portuguese expelir, expulsar
- expelirto eject
- expulsarto remove from membership
- expulsarto deport
- deportarto deport
Russian выта́лкивать, вы́толкнуть
- выта́лкивать (vytálkivatʹ)to eject
- вы́толкнуть (výtolknutʹ)to eject
- выбра́сывать (vybrásyvatʹ)to eject
- вы́бросить (výbrositʹ)to eject
- изверга́ть (izvergátʹ)to eject
- изве́ргнуть (izvérgnutʹ)to eject
- исключа́ть (isključátʹ)to remove from membership
- исключи́ть (isključítʹ)to remove from membership
- депорти́ровать (deportírovatʹ)to deport
- высыла́ть (vysylátʹ)to deport
- вы́слать (výslatʹ)to deport
Scottish Gaelic fògair
- fògairto deport
Spanish expulsar, expeler
- expulsarto eject
- expelerto eject
- expulsarto remove from membership
Swedish relegera, avstänga
- relegerato remove from membership
- avstängato remove from membership
- bortvisato remove from membership
Turkish kovmak, çıkarmak
- kovmakto eject
- çıkarmakto remove from membership
- afarozlamakto deport
- sınırdışı etmekto deport
- sürmekto deport
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with expel
Cite this entry
expel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expel
“expel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expel. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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