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Verb
S:
(v)
expel (expel%2:41:00::)
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throw out (throw_out%2:41:01::)
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kick out (kick_out%2:41:01::)
(force to leave or move out)
"He was expelled from his native country"
direct troponym
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full troponym
S:
(v)
eject (eject%2:35:01::)
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chuck out (chuck_out%2:35:00::)
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exclude (exclude%2:35:00::)
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turf out (turf_out%2:35:00::)
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boot out (boot_out%2:35:00::)
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turn out (turn_out%2:35:00::)
(put out or expel from a place)
"The unruly student was excluded from the game"
S:
(v)
expatriate (expatriate%2:41:00::)
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deport (deport%2:41:00::)
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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::)
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debar (debar%2:41:05::)
(bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.)
S:
(v)
extradite (extradite%2:41:00::)
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deliver (deliver%2:41:00::)
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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)
banish (banish%2:41:00::)
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relegate (relegate%2:41:01::)
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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::)
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ban (ban%2:41:01::)
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ostracize (ostracize%2:41:01::)
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ostracise (ostracise%2:41:01::)
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shun (shun%2:41:00::)
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cast out (cast_out%2:41:00::)
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blackball (blackball%2:41:00::)
(expel from a community or group)
S:
(v)
banish (banish%2:41:02::)
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ban (ban%2:41:02::)
(ban from a place of residence, as for punishment)
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
expulsion (expulsion%1:04:01::)
[Related to:
expel
] (the act of forcing out someone or something)
"the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
sentence frame
Somebody ----s somebody
S:
(v)
oust (oust%2:41:00::)
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throw out (throw_out%2:41:00::)
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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::)
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rout out (rout_out%2:33:00::)
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expel (expel%2:33:00::)
(cause to flee)
"rout out the fighters from their caves"
S:
(v)
exhaust (exhaust%2:29:02::)
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discharge (discharge%2:29:00::)
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expel (expel%2:29:00::)
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eject (eject%2:29:00::)
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release (release%2:29:01::)
(eliminate (a substance))
"combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"