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expelled
[ ik-speld ]
adjective
- driven or forced out or away; discharged:
She drew in a long puff, then eyed her cigarette thoughtfully through the slowly expelled smoke.
- cut off from membership or participation:
An expelled student will be removed from all classes and will not be permitted to reenroll.
verb
- the simple past tense and past participle of expel ( def ).
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of expelled1
Example Sentences
Braun was expelled from the Polish parliament in 2023 for putting out candles during the Jewish festival of Hanukkah with a fire extinguisher.
Part of the way through his speech Trump screened a video of deportees being expelled from the US and sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador.
The neighbours have also expelled many of each other's diplomats and revoked civilians' visas - already difficult to procure - leaving many stranded on both sides of the border.
Fellow pupils said she previously told them she would stab Ms Elias and "do something stupid" that would get her expelled.
He was talking about the hundreds of Venezuelan men expelled from the country without due process and sent to a prison in El Salvador, where, according to the administration, they should remain until they die.
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