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Synonyms and Antonyms of expel

1 to drive or force out
  • animal lover though I am, I was determined to expel the uninvited mouse from my room
Synonyms of expel

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), eject, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out) [chiefly British], turn out
Words Related to expel

deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out

ax (or axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate
Phrases Synonymous with expel

give one the gate [slang], send packing
Near Antonyms of expel

accept, admit, receive, take, take in

welcome

entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter
2 to throw or give off
  • something in a wastebasket was expelling a foul odor
Synonyms of expel

cast, discharge, emanate, emit, evolve, exhale, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), shoot, throw out, vent
Words Related to expel

eliminate, evacuate, excrete, exude, ooze, secrete

eject, erupt, gush, jet, outpour, pour, spew, spout, spray, spurt, squirt
Near Antonyms of expel

absorb, inhale, soak (up), sponge, suck (up), take up
3 to violently throw out or off (something from within)
  • ringing and flashing madly, the slot machine expelled a bucketful of quarters
Synonyms of expel

belch, disgorge, eject, eruct, erupt, jet, spew, spout, spurt
Words Related to expel

gush, pour, squirt, stream, surge

emanate, exhale, issue, release, shoot, spit, spring, vent

discharge, emit, fire

cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, toss
Near Antonyms of expel

bottle (up), contain, restrain, shut (in or up)
4 to let or force out of the lungs
  • asked the patient to expel a deep breath
Synonyms of expel

blow (out), breathe (out), exhale, expire
Words Related to expel

expectorate
Antonyms of expel

inbreathe, inhale, inspire

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