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S: (v) expel, throw out, kick out (force to leave or move out) "He was expelled from his native country"

S: (v) eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out (put out or expel from a place) "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

S: (v) evict, force out (expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process) "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
S: (v) evict (expel or eject without recourse to legal process) "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
S: (v) show the door (ask to leave) "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise"
S: (v) bounce (eject from the premises) "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
S: (v) exorcise, exorcize (expel through adjuration or prayers) "exorcise evil spirits"

S: (v) expatriate, deport, exile (expel from a country) "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
S: (v) suspend, debar (bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.)

S: (v) send down, rusticate (suspend temporarily from college or university, in England)

S: (v) extradite, deliver, deport (hand over to the authorities of another country) "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"

S: (v) repatriate (send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees)

S: (v) banish, relegate, bar (expel, as if by official decree) "he was banished from his own country"

S: (v) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball (expel from a community or group)
S: (v) banish, ban (ban from a place of residence, as for punishment)

S: (v) rusticate (send to the country) "He was rusticated for his bad behavior"

S: (v) oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel (remove from a position or office) "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"