Expulsion Definition

ĭk-spŭlshən
expulsions
noun
expulsions
An expelling, or forcing out, or the condition of being expelled.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Expulsion

Noun

Singular:
expulsion
Plural:
expulsions

Origin of Expulsion

  • Middle English expulsioun from Old French expulsion from Latin expulsiō expulsiōn- from expulsus past participle of expellere to expel expel

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio

    From Wiktionary

Expulsion Sentence Examples

  • My expulsion hasn't gone over well, he said.

  • From Hasdai ibn Shaprut in the 10th century and Samuel the nagid in the 11th the line of Jewish scholar-statesmen continued till we reach Isaac Abrabanel in 1492, the date of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain.

  • His laugh was little more than an expulsion of air.

  • The capitania of Pernambuco was ably governed and took an active part in the expulsion of the French from the trading posts established along the coast northward to Maranhao, and in establishing Portuguese colonies in their places.

  • This event happened previous to the expulsion of the tyrant Christiern the Second from Sweden.

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Words Starting With

EEXEXP

Words Ending With

NONION

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