— expellable , adj.
/ik spel"/ , v.t., expelled, expelling .
1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country.
2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a college.
[ 1350-1400; ME expellen expellere to drive out, drive away, equiv. to ex- EX- 1 + pellere to push, drive ]
Syn. 2. oust, dismiss, exile, excommunicate.