Expel Meaning
/ɪkˈspɛl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo eject.
verbTo fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
Sentence Examples
No one has the right to expel Dan from this country.
The elders decided to expel him from the village.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The principal decided to ____ the student for breaking school rules repeatedly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The school board decided to ____ the student after he was caught with a dangerous weapon.
Word Origin & History
Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell."
— 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
"She was Nicolas Sarkozy's pin-up for diversity, the first Muslim woman with north African parents to hold a major French government post. But Rachida Dati has now turned on her own party elite with such ferocity that some have suggested she should be expelled from the president's ruling party."
— 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The principal decided to ____ the student for breaking school rules repeatedly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The school board decided to ____ the student after he was caught with a dangerous weapon.