expel

ex-pel · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To officially force someone to leave a school or organization.

  2. 2.

    To force someone to leave a place or country.

  3. 3.

    To force something out of the body or a container.

Related words

Antonyms: accept, admit, welcome
See also: banish, eject, expelled, expulsion
Synonyms: banish, dismiss, eject, oust

Etymology

From Latin expellere ("to drive out"), from ex- ("out") + pellere ("to drive").