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S: (v) expel (expel%2:41:00::), throw out (throw_out%2:41:01::), kick out (kick_out%2:41:01::) (force to leave or move out) "He was expelled from his native country"

S: (v) eject (eject%2:35:01::), chuck out (chuck_out%2:35:00::), exclude (exclude%2:35:00::), turf out (turf_out%2:35:00::), boot out (boot_out%2:35:00::), turn out (turn_out%2:35:00::) (put out or expel from a place) "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

S: (v) evict (evict%2:35:00::), force out (force_out%2:35:02::) (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 (evict%2:35:01::) (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 (show_the_door%2:35:00::) (ask to leave) "I was shown the door when I asked for a raise"
S: (v) bounce (bounce%2:35:00::) (eject from the premises) "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"
S: (v) exorcise (exorcise%2:35:00::), exorcize (exorcize%2:35:00::) (expel through adjuration or prayers) "exorcise evil spirits"

S: (v) expatriate (expatriate%2:41:00::), deport (deport%2:41:00::), exile (exile%2:41:00::) (expel from a country) "The poet was exiled because he signed a letter protesting the government's actions"
S: (v) suspend (suspend%2:41:00::), debar (debar%2:41:05::) (bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.)

S: (v) extradite (extradite%2:41:00::), deliver (deliver%2:41:00::), deport (deport%2:41:01::) (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 (repatriate%2:41:01::) (send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees)

S: (v) banish (banish%2:41:00::), relegate (relegate%2:41:01::), bar (bar%2:41:00::) (expel, as if by official decree) "he was banished from his own country"

S: (v) banish (banish%2:41:01::), ban (ban%2:41:01::), ostracize (ostracize%2:41:01::), ostracise (ostracise%2:41:01::), shun (shun%2:41:00::), cast out (cast_out%2:41:00::), blackball (blackball%2:41:00::) (expel from a community or group)
S: (v) banish (banish%2:41:02::), ban (ban%2:41:02::) (ban from a place of residence, as for punishment)

S: (v) rusticate (rusticate%2:41:00::) (send to the country) "He was rusticated for his bad behavior"

S: (v) move (move%2:38:01::), displace (displace%2:38:02::) (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense) "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

S: (v) oust (oust%2:41:00::), throw out (throw_out%2:41:00::), drum out (drum_out%2:41:00::), boot out (boot_out%2:41:00::), kick out (kick_out%2:41:00::), expel (expel%2:41:01::) (remove from a position or office) "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
S: (v) rout (rout%2:33:00::), rout out (rout_out%2:33:00::), expel (expel%2:33:00::) (cause to flee) "rout out the fighters from their caves"
S: (v) exhaust (exhaust%2:29:02::), discharge (discharge%2:29:00::), expel (expel%2:29:00::), eject (eject%2:29:00::), release (release%2:29:01::) (eliminate (a substance)) "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"