Expel

Podcast 1 · Introduction

Expel

A documentary-style narration: origin, meaning, and feel.

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

ik-SPEL  /ɪkˈspɛl/

Definition

To officially force someone to leave a school, organisation, or country; more generally, to drive or force something out.

Plain meaning

To forcibly push or drive something or someone out — officially or physically.

Register

Neutral to formal. The institutional sense (expelled from school) is very familiar in everyday English. The physical sense is more technical.