expelling

ex·pel  (k-spl)

tr.v. ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling, ex·pels

1. To force or drive out: expel an invader.

2. To discharge from or as if from a receptacle: expelled a sigh of relief.

3. To force to leave; deprive of membership: expelled the student from college for cheating. See Synonyms at eject.

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[Middle English expellen, from Latin expellere : ex-, ex- + pellere, to drive; see pel-⁵ in Indo-European roots.]

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ex·pella·ble adj.

ex·peller n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

expelling - any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body; "the discharge of pus" discharge, emission bodily function, bodily process, body process, activity - an organic process that takes place in the body; "respiratory activity" ejaculation - the discharge of semen in males excreting, excretion, voiding, elimination, evacuation - the bodily process of discharging waste matter menses, menstruation, catamenia, menstruum, period, flow - the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; "the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"; "a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped"--Hippocrates; "the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females"--Aristotle