expulse

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verb

To expel, usually by means of violence.

OriginLatin expulsō →
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Meanings

verbexpulse (third-person singular simple present expulses, present participle expulsing, simple past and past participle expulsed)

present singular third person expulses · participle present expulsing · participle past expulsed · past expulsed

  1. obsoleteTo expel, usually by means of violence.

    Robert le Bruce re-enters Scotland, whence he had been by Edward the First expuls'd, inverting all the English Institutions, that had so lately setled the Peace and subjection of the Kingdom

    c. 1620s, Elizabeth Cary [misattributed to Henry Cary], The History Of the most unfortunate Prince King Edward II. […] , London: A.G. and F. P., published 1680, page 14

Origin

  1. Latinexpulsō
  2. Latinexpulsō
  3. Englishexpulse

Borrowed from Latin expulsō.

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Translations

Spanish expulsar
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APA

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MLA

“expulse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expulse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expulse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expulse.

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