expel

To expel is defined as to force something or someone out, or to kick someone out of a social club, school or other group.

(verb)

When you breath out deeply after you've been holding your breath from fear, this is an example of a time when you expel your breath.
When a school kicks out a student for cheating, this is an example of time when the school expels the student.

See expel in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb expelled, expelling

Origin: ME expellen < L expellere < ex-, out + pellere, to thrust: see pulse

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See expel in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling, ex·pels

To force or drive out: expel an invader.
To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief.
To force to leave; deprive of membership: expelled the student from college for cheating. See Synonyms at eject.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English expellen

Origin: , from Latin expellere

Origin: : ex-, ex-

Origin: + pellere, to drive; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots

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