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expulsion - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'expulsion' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Expulsion [ n.]
- The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.
- The state of being expelled or driven out.

Meaning of 'expulsion' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . expulsion [ n]
Meaning (1):
- squeezing out by applying pressure
Example in sentence:
  • an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube;
  • the expulsion of pus from the pimple
Meaning (2):
- the act of forcing out someone or something
Example in sentence:
  • the child's expulsion from school;
  • the ejection of troublemakers by the police

Nearby Words:

expand expanded expander expanding expanse expansibility expansible expansile expansion expansive

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