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Meanings of expel in English

Portuguese
expulsar
Catalan
expulsar
Spanish
expulsar

Remove from a position or office.

      expulsar
      Portuguese
      liberar
      Catalan
      expulsar
      Spanish
      expulsar

      Eliminate (a substance)

            liberar
            Catalan
            expulsar
            Spanish
            expulsar

            Cause to flee.

                  expulsar

                  To accept no longer in a community, group or country, e.g. by official decree.

                        Usage of expel in English
                        1
                        The United States said on Monday it would expel 60 Russian diplomats.
                        Reuters
                        2
                        Tuilaepa has several times urged principals to expel students involved in fighting.
                        Radio NZ
                        3
                        The ruling Democratic Party quickly moved to expel An from the party.
                        Reuters
                        4
                        Sources say the army intends to expel them to the Gaza Strip.
                        The Irish Times
                        5
                        Jo-i means to expel the barbarians; Kai-Koku means to open the country.
                        The Constitutional Development of Japan 1853-1881 / Johns Hopkin...
                        6
                        The council's decision was to expel the magician for breaking his trust:
                        Hiding the Elephant
                        7
                        The U.S. House of Representatives then voted nearly unanimously to expel him.
                        Reuters
                        8
                        The path it has chosen is to expel the UN weapons monitors.
                        The Irish Times
                        9
                        The Turks marched to the aid of Botskoi to expel the Austrians.
                        The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
                        10
                        You expel beauty, Monsieur Choulette; you repudiate her, nude and in tears.
                        The Red Lily — Volume 02
                        11
                        By the time the president returned, he resolved to expel the Colombian.
                        Reuters
                        12
                        Of hues and designs; he had done what he could to expel
                        Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04
                        13
                        There are 47 cases here, and I would expel most of them.
                        The Guardian
                        14
                        They agreed to expel the followers of Umra Khan from the valley.
                        The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier Wa...
                        15
                        As for those who remain in the orangery, let force expel them.
                        Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 03
                        16
                        I wish you to help me expel the Turks, not the Jesuits.
                        The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
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