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expel

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of expel

1 to drive or force out

animal lover though I am, I was determined to expel the uninvited mouse from my room

Synonyms of expel

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), eject, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out

Words Related to expel

deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out

ax (or axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate

Phrases Synonymous with expel

give one the gate [slang], send packing

Near Antonyms of expel

accept, admit, receive, take, take in

entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter

2 to throw or give off

something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor

Synonyms of expel

cast, discharge, emanate, emit, evolve, exhale, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), shoot, throw out, vent

Words Related to expel

eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete

eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt

Near Antonyms of expel

absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up

3 to violently throw out or off (something from within)

ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters

Synonyms of expel

belch, disgorge, eject, eruct, erupt, jet, spew, spout, spurt

Words Related to expel

gush, pour, squirt, stream, surge

emanate, exhale, issue, release, shoot, spit, spring, vent

discharge, emit, fire

cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, toss

Near Antonyms of expel

bottle (up), contain, restrain, shut (in or up)

4 to let or force out of the lungs

asked the patient to expel a deep breath

Synonyms of expel

blow (out), breathe (out), exhale, expire

Words Related to expel

Antonyms of expel

inbreathe, inhale, inspire

Synonym Discussion of expel

eject, expel, oust, evict mean to drive or force out. eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action.

- ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar

expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.

- a student expelled from college

oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.

- police ousted the squatters

evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.

- evicted for nonpayment of rent

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