EXPULSE Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

expulse

verb

Definition of expulse

as in to eliminate

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Recent Examples of expulse In this case, shed doesn’t mean put in the tool shed but rather release or expulse the live virus into your surroundings. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021

Recent Examples of Synonyms for expulse

Verb

Six schools have closed, and 1,000 positions were eliminated because of budget cuts and declining enrollment.

— Nikiya Carrero, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Hamas is the terrorist group that has pledged to eliminate Israel, which operates in Gaza, the area adjacent to Israel.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of eliminate

Verb

Ramos went hitless in four at-bats Saturday and didn’t appear to run out a ground ball that shortstop Andrés Giménez initially botched in the sixth inning.

— Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Michael Fine, the chief executive officer of the team, has warned that the district could run out of money before the current school year ends, forcing it to ask the Legislature for an emergency loan.

— Chaewon Chung August 16, Sacbee.com, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of run out

Verb

Although umbrella insurance is far from perfect ― for instance, intentional acts are generally excluded ― umbrella insurance can provide much larger coverage amounts for things already covered by other policies with lower limits.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
That question circulated across the United States six years ago as the country reckoned with racial injustice in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd, including who is represented by, or excluded from, our public symbols.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of exclude

Verb

Earlier this year, a location of Horn Barbecue in Lafayette was mysteriously evicted by the Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Sooooo… Haley, Chuk and Kamu better find a way to poison Drew and Barrett against the icons and rally Taylor, La Trice, Mallory, Yash and, yes, even Melody to help target and evict the icons.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of evict

Verb

He was expelled from the Communist Party in the late 1950s for criticising the government’s economic policies – and purged again during Mao’s Cultural Revolution a decade later.

— CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
Cherfilus-McCormick said people should not expect she’d be expelled if voters send her back to Congress.

— Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of expel

Verb

Boone didn’t get to watch the disastrous half-inning from the dugout, as he was ejected in the top of the sixth.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
A week later, on Tuesday, May 19, Southampton were ejected from the play-off final by the EFL’s independent disciplinary commission.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of eject

Verb

Consider heading all the way north along the sand for the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park, or go south to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

Without Russia’s assistance and ultimate intervention, Assad would have been ousted nearly a decade earlier.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2026
Nobody publicly confirmed plans for a leadership bid or expressed intentions to oust their leader, and those whose names were reported speculatively by news outlets denied it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026