EXPEL | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

Meaning of expel – Learner’s Dictionary

expel
verb [ T ]
uk
/ɪkˈspel/
us
present participle expelling | past tense and past participle expelled

expel verb [T] (MAKE SOMEONE LEAVE)

to make someone leave a school, organization, or country because of their behaviour:
[ often passive ] He was expelled from school for hitting another student.

expel verb [T] (FORCE SOMETHING OUT)

to force air, gas, or liquid out of something:
Slowly expel all the air from your lungs.
(Definition of expel from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of expel

in Chinese (Traditional)
使離開, 驅逐, 除名…
in Chinese (Simplified)
使离开, 驱逐, 除名…
in Spanish
expulsar…
in Portuguese
expulsar, expelir…
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in Turkish
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in Catalan
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(人)を(組織、国などから)追い出す, 追(お)い出(だ)す, 排出(はいしゅつ)する…
atmak, sürmek, sınır dışı etmek…
expulser, renvoyer (de), évacuer…
expulsar…
wegzenden, verdrijven…
يَطْرُد, يَفْصِل…
vyloučit, vypudit…
bortvise, blive af med…
memecat, menyingkirkan…
ไล่ออก, กำจัด…
đuổi, trục xuất, tống ra…
usuwać, wygnać, wypuszczać…
dibuang, mengeluarkan…
ausweisen, vertreiben…
utvise, bortvise, støte ut…
추방하다…
виключати, виганяти…
espellere, eliminare…
исключать, выгонять, удалять…
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