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verb

Expel v. t. (past & past part. expelled; pres. part. expelling)

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as, to expel air from a bellows. "Did not ye... expel me out of my father's house?"

To drive away from one's country; to banish. "Forewasted all their land, and them expelled.". "He shall expel them from before you... and ye shall possess their land."

To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.

To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw."

To discharge; to shoot. (Obs.) "Then he another and another (shaft) did expel.".

Synonyms: To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish.

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... Phoronis. Why does he not marry her as well, divorcing Juno, and place her in my couch, and take Lycaon for his father-in-law? But if the wrong done to your injured foster-child affects you, drive the seven Triones away from your azure waters, and expel the stars received into heaven as the reward of adultery, that a concubine may not be received into ...

— The Metamorphoses of Ovid - Vol. I, Books I-VII • Publius Ovidius Naso

... of returning to their allegiance and religion; but the forces and revenues of the emperor are insufficient for their deliverance: and the Roman legate must be accompanied, or preceded, by an army of Franks, to expel the infidels, and open a way to the holy sepulchre." If the suspicious Latins should require some pledge, some previous effect of the sincerity of the Greeks, the answers of Barlaam were perspicuous and rational. "1. A general synod can alone ...

— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6 • Edward Gibbon

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— The 2005 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency

... decided to expel you, Crux, from this town," he said, as he drew an envelope from his pocket. "We have tried to convince you that, as the majority of the people here don't want you, it is your duty to go. As you don't seem to see this, we now take the law into our own hands. We love fair-play, however, ...

— Charlie to the Rescue • R.M. Ballantyne

... thy breast to his replying, Blend a celestial with a human heart; And Love, which dies as it was born, in sighing, Share with immortal transports? could thine art Make them indeed immortal, and impart The purity of heaven to earthly joys, Expel the venom and not blunt the dart - The dull satiety which all destroys— And root from out the soul the ...

— Childe Harold's Pilgrimage • Lord Byron

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