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

Fitness testing eliminated NHL players were accustomed to returning from summer to a grueling set of tests from their teams.

— Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Bring up the unnecessary and wasteful government programs that should be eliminated.

— Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of eliminate

Verb

The slight worry is that Zheng will run out of gas at some point after coming through the qualifying tournament and winning six matches in New York.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Today, John Moffitt is running a growing, successful business, raising a young daughter, savoring the good days when things run smoothly, working through the days when the wireless gives out, or ingredients run out before the customers do.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of run out

Verb

Yet only a few people have actually seen it, with smaller and open-source AI companies generally getting excluded from the administration’s conversations.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Bubeck allegedly wanted to exclude Alpöge, an employee of OpenAI’s competitor, according to Buckmaster.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of exclude

Verb

The affair resulted in Attila’s breakup, the (temporary) end of his best-friendship, and Joel getting evicted from Small’s house.

— Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2026
That meant the vote came down to either Lala or ally Taylor Brown, and the house elected to evict LaTrice by a vote of 4-2.

— Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of evict

Verb

These will show whether the vote was a watershed moment in the demise of an anti-fascist consensus dating back to World War II, or the latest in a series of elections worldwide in which frustrated voters simply cast out incumbents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
These are sons and daughters and children cast out, disappeared from their communities and forced to make a life in the shadows of society.

— Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

Since the attack, the defense minister, the military chief of staff, and the directors of military intelligence, the Mossad and the Shin Bet, have all either resigned, been ousted, or reached the end of their terms.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
The president deemed Cornyn not close enough to his MAGA movement, backing Paxton and ousting the incumbent.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026