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# expulsion

noun (an expulsion, expulsions; expulsion — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

1. Making someone leave a school, club or country for ever, as a punishment: expulsion from school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expulsion/#m1)
2. Forcing something out, such as air from the lungs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expulsion/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school rules expulsion is the most serious punishment — being sent away for good; in history people were expelled from countries; in science air is pushed out of the lungs. Phrases: «expulsion from school», «face expulsion», «the expulsion of air».

### Examples

- Bringing a knife to school can lead to expulsion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expulsion/#x1)
- He faced expulsion for bullying. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expulsion/#x2)
- The history book told of the expulsion of a whole people from their land. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expulsion/#x3)
- The cough was a quick expulsion of air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expulsion/#x4)
- The club voted for her expulsion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expulsion/#x5)
- Expulsion is more serious than suspension. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expulsion/#x6)

### Note

From the verb «expel» (expels, expelled, expelling). Expulsion = sent away for ever; suspension = sent away for a short time. Spelled -sion.

## On Mova

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