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

Amendment 5 would direct the Legislature to gradually eliminate the individual income tax as state revenue grows.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Most recently, a district court judge in July reinstated a three-day grace period for voters to return mail ballots after election day, which GOP lawmakers had eliminated.

— John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of eliminate

Verb

The remaining argument, worth $36 billion by one count and a couple of state budgets by another, is about who licenses it, who is excluded from it, and who collects the tax.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026
For the most part, that excludes animal fibers like leather and virgin cashmere.

— Bella Webb, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of exclude

Verb

Sarah Ferguson’s reported whereabouts have been revealed after she was evicted from Royal Lodge on January 31 following her ex-husband, former Prince Andrew’s, ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

— Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 24 July 2026
In extreme situations, facilities might send a resident to an emergency room for evaluation or to a psychiatric hospital, or evict or discharge them.

— Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026

Definition of evict

Verb

Bernadette tells Stuart and Kripke that she was expelled from the guild for using her powers during the strike to bring her neighbor’s son’s adorable rescue dog Chocolate Chip back to life after he was hit by several cars.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Even today, schools in the Nutmeg State suspend and expel Black students at three times the rate of white students.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of expel

Verb

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
Lagaʻaia, a 19-year-old from Sydney, Australia, was cast out of thousands to play — in her first major film role — the flesh-and-blood version of the chieftess-to-be first voiced by Cravalho.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

McGuire, a former Navy SEAL, was elected that year after ousting then-House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good in a GOP primary.

— Sophia Mandt, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026
On the Republican side, three challengers – Kim Farrington, Bert Mizusawa and David Williams – face an uphill battle to oust the three-term incumbent.

— Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026