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Meaning of expel

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  expel
      v 1: force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his
           native country" [syn: {expel}, {throw out}, {kick out}]
      2: remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted
         after he misappropriated funds" [syn: {oust}, {throw out},
         {drum out}, {boot out}, {kick out}, {expel}]
      3: cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves" [syn:
         {rout}, {rout out}, {expel}]
      4: eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted
         in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" [syn: {exhaust},
         {discharge}, {expel}, {eject}, {release}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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