Both Uses
expel
in
Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli
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- The others were outside sucking fresh air and trying to expel from their nose buds the odor of warm, dead muskrat.†
p. 103.7 *expel = force out
- The price of peace had been high: expelling himself from the gang, proclaiming himself a traitor, banishing his beloved pet.†
p. 205.3expelling = forcing out
Definitions:
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(1)
(expel) force outespecially in 2 primary senses:
- kicking someone out of an organization -- such as a school or country
- squeezing something to eliminate a liquid or gas
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)