expel

verb/ɪkˈspɛl/

Frequency rank: #9,944 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

to officially force someone to leave a place or organization

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Example sentence

The school decided to expel the student who had broken the rules repeatedly.

Synonyms & related words

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