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   expulsion

   /ɪkˈspʌlʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of forcing someone to leave an organization: "his expulsion from the union" Similar removaldebarmentdismissalexclusiondischargeejectionrejectionblackballingblacklistingsuspensionbanishmentexiledeportationevictionexpatriationrepatriationrefoulementpurgingdisplacementtransportationinformal:sackingdrumming outthe bounceOpposite admission
   • ▪ the action or process of forcing someone to leave a place: "the expulsion of two diplomats from the embassy"
   • ▪ the action of forcing something out of the body: "oxytocin causes expulsion of milk from the lactating mammary gland" Similar dischargeejectionexcretionvoidingvoidanceevacuationejaculationdisgorgementeliminationemptying outpassingdraining

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin expulsio(n-), from expellere ‘drive out’ (see expel).

   Derivatives

   • 1. expulsive adjective

   Scrabble Points: 18

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