/ ɪkˈspel; NAmE / verb ( -ll- ) [ vn ] expel sb/sth (from sth)
1.
to officially make sb leave a school or an organization :
She was expelled from school at 15.
Olympic athletes expelled for drug-taking
2.
to force sb to leave a country :
Foreign journalists are being expelled.
3.
( technical ) to force air or water out of a part of the body or from a container :
to expel air from the lungs
—see also expulsion
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin expellere , from ex- out + pellere to drive.