expel

expel is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.
2. transitive verb. To drive away from one's country; to banish.
3. transitive verb. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.
4. transitive verb. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude.
5. transitive verb. To discharge; to shoot.
6. verb. eliminate (a substance)

   "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"

   "the plant releases a gas"

   Synonyms: discharge, eject, exhaust, release

7. verb. cause to flee

   "rout out the fighters from their caves"

   Synonyms: rout

8. verb. remove from a position or office

   "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

   Synonyms: oust

9. verb. force to leave or move out

   "He was expelled from his native country"

Synonyms

discharge, eject, exhaust, release, rout, oust

Common word forms

expels, expelled, expeller, expelling

Words from these letters

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