Both Uses of
expel
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- There's something in his soul
O'er which his melancholy sits on brood;
And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose
Will be some danger: which for to prevent,
I have in quick determination
Thus set it down:—he shall with speed to England
For the demand of our neglected tribute:
Haply the seas, and countries different,
With variable objects, shall expel
This something-settled matter in his heart;
Whereon his brains still beating puts him thus
From fashion of himself.†Scene 3.1expel = force out
- O, that that earth which kept the world in awe
Should patch a wall to expel the winter's flaw!†Scene 5.1 *
Definition:
force out
especially in 2 primary senses:
- kicking someone out of an organization -- such as a school or country
- squeezing something to eliminate a liquid or gas