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Verb expel has 5 senses
- expel, throw out, kick out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
--1 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out - put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"
--2 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel - remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
--3 is one way to remove
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP
- rout, rout out, expel - cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"
--4 is one way to get the better of, overcome, defeat
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- discharge, expel, eject, release - eliminate (substances) from the body
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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