The government engaged in mass expulsions.
the expulsion of air from the lungs
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Having said that, Iran welcomes any initiative that ends Israel's Genocide in Gaza and ensures the expulsion of occupation forces.—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025 In recent months, tens of thousands of Afghans living in Pakistan have crossed back into Afghanistan amid a wave of expulsions ordered by the Pakistani government.—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025 Advertisement For that reason, collegiate sanctions for mild acts of civil disobedience may sometimes be relatively light—probation or a formal warning, for example, rather than suspension or expulsion.—Christopher L. Eisgruber, Time, 9 Oct. 2025 Neogy left not during Amin’s Asian expulsion but earlier, after running afoul of the preceding regime, President Milton Obote’s.—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for expulsion
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Etymology
Middle English, from Anglo-French expulsioun, from Latin expulsion-, expulsio, from expellere to expel
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