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# expel

«expel» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make them leave a school for good because they behaved…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (expel, expels, expelled, expelling)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To expel a pupil is to make them leave a school for good because they behaved very badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#m1)

2) To expel someone is to force them to leave a country, club or group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#m2)

3) (science) To expel something is to push it out with force, like air from your lungs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#m3)

4) To expel someone from an office or job is to remove them from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In school life, expelling is the most serious punishment (in the US also "expulsion"). In science: lungs expel air; the heart expels blood. In stories: a hero is expelled from a kingdom. Phrases: be expelled from, expel air.

### examples

- The boy was expelled from school for fighting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x1)
- Breathing out expels air from your lungs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x2)
- He was expelled from the club for cheating. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x3)
- The volcano expelled ash and gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x4)
- Squeeze the bottle to expel the water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x5)
- The king expelled the traitor from the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x6)
- Being expelled is more serious than being suspended. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x7)
- The pump expels 2 litres of water each minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x8)
- He expelled Menesthius from office, rigorously punished the ringleaders of the revolt, and placed himself once more upon the throne. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/#x9)

### note

Double the l: expelled, expelling. Noun: expulsion. Trap: suspended = sent home for some days; expelled = sent away for good. In UK schools also "excluded" or "permanently excluded".

### In the corpora

- [A boy kept in at break becomes "expelled".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/167-the-rumour-that-grows/5/)
- [Kids take the mickey out of the runaway story: "Expelled?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/167-the-rumour-that-grows/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «expel» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/expel/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.