expelling

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noun

The process by which something is expelled.

UncommonScrabble 19

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of expel
nounexpelling (plural expellings)

plural expellings

  1. The process by which something is expelled.

    Synonyms: ejection, expulsion

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process by which something is expelled.

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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