Meaning of EXPULSION
| Pronunciation: | | ik'spulshun
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- [n] the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
- [n] the act of expelling someone
- [n] squeezing out by applying pressure
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| | Synonyms: | | ejection, exclusion, extrusion, forcing out, projection, riddance |
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| | See Also: | | actuation, banishment, barring, belch, belching, blackball, burp, burping, coughing up, defenestration, deportation, disgorgement, emesis, eructation, expectoration, ostracism, ouster, ousting, propulsion, proscription, puking, regurgitation, spit, spitting, squeeze, squeezing, vomit, vomiting | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Ex*pul"sion\, n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F.
expulsion. See {Expel}.]
1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary
removal from membership, association, etc.
The expulsion of the Tarquins. --Shak.
2. The state of being expelled or driven out.
\`["e]x*pul"sion\ (r?`?ks*p?l"sh?n), n.
Renewed or repeated expulsion. --Fuller.
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