EXPELLED Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

expelled

verb

past tense of expel

as in ejected

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

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as in radiated

to throw or give off something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor

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as in erupted

to violently throw out or off (something from within) ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters

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as in exhaled

to let or force out of the lungs asked the patient to expel a deep breath

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Recent Examples of expelled In such a system, outside air comes into direct contact with components exposed to the reactor’s intense radiation environment before being expelled as exhaust. —

Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026 However, Italy released him on a technicality, after which he was expelled to Libya, which outraged human rights groups and prompted the ICC to open an inquiry into why Italy released him instead of sending him to The Hague. —

ABC News, 22 June 2026 Staff estimate that more than half have had contact with the Department of Child Services, and most have been expelled from traditional schools. —

Maureen Bauer, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 The displacement of so many Jews from their ancient home becomes a kind of tit for tat—a balancing act of victimhood against the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees who fled or were expelled during Israel’s war of independence. —

Adam Louis-Klein, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026 Students who violate the cheating rules at Harvard and elsewhere might face consequences ranging from failing a class to being expelled. —

Austin Sarat, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 Things only get more complicated when Billie’s powers are exposed, and she’s expelled from school. —

Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026 Many also reference Oscarville, a predominantly Black community whose residents were violently expelled from Forsyth County in 1912 before the land was eventually submerged beneath the lake decades later. —

Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 15 June 2026 However, just two days before Spain’s opening game against Portugal, Lopetegui was fired and expelled from the team camp. —

Ben Church, CNN Money, 14 June 2026

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The pilot ejected from the aircraft and was picked up by local law enforcement.

— Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 17 June 2026
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was ejected after JJ Bleday walked in the seventh.

— CBS New York Team, CBS News, 17 June 2026