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.
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Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021
To expulse the Russian team from the Pyeongchang Games?
—Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 8 May 2021
To expulse the Russian team from the Pyeongchang Games?
—Rebecca R. Ruiz, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expulse
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The compromise would help appease hundreds of residents who complained at a five-hour public hearing Wednesday night about those cuts and some other proposals, including plans to eliminate the Office of Child and Youth Success.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Max Rome, the city’s now ex-director of green infrastructure, announced Wednesday on LinkedIn that he had been laid off by the Wu administration a day earlier and told that his position had been eliminated.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
28 May 2026
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Cuba has run out of oil, the country’s energy minister announced on May 14, 2026.—
Luisa Blanco,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
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If every factory in the world stopped production, as per another statistic, people wouldn’t run out of things to wear.—
Roy Stephen Canivel,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
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The poll excluded areas where Hezbollah is most entrenched, and among Lebanese Shiites—the community that forms the bedrock of the group’s support and has borne much of the cost of the war—only a minority agreed.—
Euan Ward,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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The discussions for now exclude Canada.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
29 May 2026
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Before trying to evict bats, think about the timing.—
Tara Hohoff,
The Conversation,
28 May 2026
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But its main tenant, the Orange County Soccer Club, which plays in the second-division USL Championship, has been temporarily evicted, left to train in the nearby park and play its final home game before the World Cup at Eddie West Field in Santa Ana, 12 miles away.—
Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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In 1968, after participating in the protest movement that swept through France, Le Parc was briefly expelled from the country.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
30 May 2026
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The passengers were among millions of people who have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran since October 2023, following massive crackdowns to expel migrants without documents.—
Desiree Anello,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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The passenger in the Land Rover, Fedeline Alexis Saint Cyr, 59, was ejected during the collision and pronounced dead at the scene.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
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Zidane was ejected and France lost.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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On the other hand, those who carry heterosis face discrimination from within their own circles — Jim is cast out from by the gym queen crowd when his positive test for the virus is exposed — in a clear parallel for how HIV+ people are often treated in gay circles.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
15 May 2026
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Consider heading all the way north along the sand several miles to the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park or go south along the sand to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines for whatever is biting.—
Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
9 May 2026
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Balcázar replaced another interim leader, José Jerí, who was ousted over corruption allegations just four months into his term.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
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Tipton was then ousted in the 2020 Republican primary by Lauren Boebert, who in 2024 moved across the state to instead represent the 4th Congressional District.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
1 June 2026
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“Expulse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expulse. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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