Definitions for expel

expel ex·pel

Spelling: [ik-spel]
IPA: /ɪkˈspɛl/

Expel is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in expel (eelpx).

Definitions for expel

verb (used with object)

  1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject:
  2. to cut off from membership or relations:

Origin of expel

1350-1400; Middle English expellen Latin expellere to drive out, drive away, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + pellere to push, drive

Examples for expel

Plato does not seriously intend to expel poets from life and society.

As an Ebola patient slips from bad to worse to dire, he can expel as many as two and a half gallons of effluvia a day.

They expel difficult students and refuse to admit students that public schools have to admit—like kids with disabilities.

The 'beyond' is always coming back upon us however often we expel it.

They wanted to expel the demons which they believed caused impure thoughts.

After investigating the case and bringing together all of the evidence I moved to expel him from the Senate.

It was imagined that it was necessary to expel it by means of heat or steam.

They agreed to expel the followers of Umra Khan from the valley.

He also sent orders to Kaumualii to expel Dr. Scheffer, which was done.

Simultaneously, a brigade of mercenaries and Congolese soldiers would seal off the city and expel the guerrillas.

Word Value for expel
Scrable

14

Words with friends

16

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