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as in ejecting
to drive or force out
animal lover though I am, I was determined to expel the uninvited mouse from my room
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2
as in radiating
to throw or give off
something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor
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as in erupting
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters
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as in exhaling
to let or force out of the lungs
asked the patient to expel a deep breath
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Recent Examples of expelling
The Iranian embassy in the national capital Canberra remains staffed, despite the Australian government expelling the ambassador last year.
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CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
The more stars a galaxy forms, the stronger its matter-expelling effects become, leaving less and less material available for future star-formation episodes.
—Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forged ahead last week with his realignment, expelling more than a dozen elite colleges from a military fellowship that serves as a pipeline to the upper ranks of leadership.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Netanyahu filed court documents arguing that the severity of the crimes, along with payments the men reportedly received from a Palestinian Authority fund, justify pulling their citizenship and expelling them from the Jewish State.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Wheatley made her offer before he’d even succeeded in expelling the British from Boston.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra in response.
—Jackie Zhou, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
In August, the government took the extraordinary step of expelling the Iranian ambassador to Australia after the country’s security agency linked Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to two arson attacks on Jewish properties in 2024.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
These volcanoes are known for oozing lava flows, not expelling giant columns of ash.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 24 Nov. 2025
CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
The more stars a galaxy forms, the stronger its matter-expelling effects become, leaving less and less material available for future star-formation episodes.
—Big Think, 13 Mar. 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth forged ahead last week with his realignment, expelling more than a dozen elite colleges from a military fellowship that serves as a pipeline to the upper ranks of leadership.
—Collin Binkley, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Netanyahu filed court documents arguing that the severity of the crimes, along with payments the men reportedly received from a Palestinian Authority fund, justify pulling their citizenship and expelling them from the Jewish State.
—Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Wheatley made her offer before he’d even succeeded in expelling the British from Boston.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026
In August, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese accused Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia, expelling the Iranian ambassador to Canberra in response.
—Jackie Zhou, NBC news, 16 Dec. 2025
In August, the government took the extraordinary step of expelling the Iranian ambassador to Australia after the country’s security agency linked Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to two arson attacks on Jewish properties in 2024.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
These volcanoes are known for oozing lava flows, not expelling giant columns of ash.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expelling
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Republicans swept the 2024 election, placing Trump back in the White House and ejecting Democrats from any control of Congress.—
Garrett Downs,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2026
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Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, and Dominik Mysterio have all remained active in prominent storylines, with the group also going through the significant development of ejecting Finn Balor from the faction in recent weeks.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2026
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There’s a bohemian vibe radiating from Serena & Lily’s Kittery rug, but the rigid grid motif lends the design some structure, a detail that can appeal to more formal design personalities.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
17 Mar. 2026
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Grayson is a strong and beautiful presence, radiating warmth, humor, and style, and sporting a wide range of talents.—
Heide Janssen,
Oc Register,
15 Mar. 2026
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Video from inside the cabin shows passengers erupting into cheers and applause, some shouting in relief after the aircraft came to a stop.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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On social media, Italian fans were disgusted by the performance, erupting into a meltdown rarely seen.—
Tyler Erzberger,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Yeah, exorcising that demon of just kind of singing about it, putting it on paper, and then just kind of exhaling and let that go, that's an important process.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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To cope, Sesko practices box-breathing to calm himself, a technique involving four four-second phases of breathing in, holding your breath before exhaling, and then holding again.—
Ian Irving,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Angels could be seen all around — some on the walls depicting Moses' life and death, and another above, on Michelangelo’s fresco, banishing Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Was banishing Natalie Anderson Tara’s ultimate undoing?—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Feb. 2026
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Or at least, that’s the takeaway the governing Labour Party seems to have settled on, casting renewables as more insulated to oil price shocks.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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McClarnon joined other actors in a group called the American Indian Registry for the Performing Arts, where casting agents would come to find Native talent.—
Television Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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The Portuguese princess who could go from spitting 16s with Swollen Members to dropping ‘Maneater’ and ‘Promiscuous’ with Timbaland.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2026
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Because who wouldn’t want to join a religion seemingly spitting out beautiful women?—
Elizabeth Gulino,
Allure,
26 Mar. 2026
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Minnesota public universities can continue to offer in-state tuition and scholarships to some immigrants in the country without legal status, a federal judge ruled on Friday, dismissing a lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice last summer that attempted to halt the programs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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While widely dismissing the appeal, the Court also referred preliminary questions to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) regarding certain aspects of the obligation mechanism, leaving the legal debate open.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Expelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expelling. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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