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# expel

verb (expel, expels, expelled, expelling)

«expel» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To expel a pupil is to make them leave a school for good because they behaved very badly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#m1)
2. To expel someone is to force them to leave a country, club or group. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#m2)
3. (science) To expel something is to push it out with force, like air from your lungs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#m3)
4. To expel someone from an office or job is to remove them from it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#m4)

### In the lessons

In school life, expelling is the most serious punishment (in the US also "expulsion"). In science: lungs expel air; the heart expels blood. In stories: a hero is expelled from a kingdom. Phrases: be expelled from, expel air.

### Examples

- The boy was expelled from school for fighting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x1)
- Breathing out expels air from your lungs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x2)
- He was expelled from the club for cheating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x3)
- The volcano expelled ash and gas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x4)
- Squeeze the bottle to expel the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x5)
- The king expelled the traitor from the land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x6)
- Being expelled is more serious than being suspended. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x7)
- The pump expels 2 litres of water each minute. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x8)
- He expelled Menesthius from office, rigorously punished the ringleaders of the revolt, and placed himself once more upon the throne. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x9)

### Note

Double the l: expelled, expelling. Noun: expulsion. Trap: suspended = sent home for some days; expelled = sent away for good. In UK schools also "excluded" or "permanently excluded".

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «expel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«expel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/expel.html) on Mova free.