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expulsion

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ex·pul·sion  (k-splshn)
n.
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

[Middle English expulsioun, from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsi, expulsin-, from expulsus, past participle of expellere, to expel; see expel.]

expulsion
Noun
the act of expelling or the fact of being expelled [Latin expellere to expel]
expulsive adj
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Noun1.expulsionexpulsion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
defenestration - the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
deportation - the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
ostracism - the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
barring, blackball - the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
ousting, ouster - the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
2.expulsionexpulsion - squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
squeeze, squeezing - the act of gripping and pressing firmly; "he gave her cheek a playful squeeze"
3.expulsionexpulsion - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling
belch, burp, burping, eructation, belching - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
belching - the forceful expulsion of something from inside; "the belching of smoke from factory chimneys"
coughing up - the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing
spitting, expectoration, spit - the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
disgorgement, emesis, puking, vomiting, regurgitation, vomit - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth

expulsion
Translations
expulsion [ɪkˈspʌlʃən] nexpulsión f

expulsion [ɪkˈspʌlʃən] nexpulsion f; renvoi m

expulsion [ɪksˈpʌlʃən] n (Scol) → Verweisung f;
(Pol) → Ausweisung f;
(of gas, liquid etc) → Ausstoßen nt

expulsion [ɪkˈspʌlʃən] nespulsione f

expulsion expel


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As, for instance, at Athens, after the expulsion of the tyrants, when Clisthenes enrolled many foreigners and city-slaves amongst the tribes; and the doubt with respect to them was, not whether they were citizens or no, but whether they were legally so or not.
The period of the campaign of 1812 from the battle of Borodino to the expulsion of the French proved that the winning of a battle does not produce a conquest and is not even an invariable indication of conquest; it proved that the force which decides the fate of peoples lies not in the conquerors, nor even in armies and battles, but in something else.
NEVER, by a slip of the tongue, have they so much as alluded to either of their old friends, any more than Miles has alluded to his expulsion.
 
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