'Expulsion' definitions:
Definition of 'expulsion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance]
noun
Squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple" [syn: extrusion, expulsion]
noun
Definition of 'Expulsion'
From: GCIDE
- Expulsion \Ex*pul"sion\, n. [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.]
- 1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The expulsion of the Tarquins. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being expelled or driven out. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'expulsion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- banishment,
- blowout,
- booting out,
- cashiering,
- clearance,
- communication,
- conduction,
- contagion,
- convection,
- deconsecration,
- defenestration,
- defrocking,
- delivery,
- deportation,
- deposal,
- deposition,
- deprivation,
- detachment,
- dethronement,
- detrusion,
- diapedesis,
- diffusion,
- disbarment,
- disbarring,
- discard,
- discharge,
- discrownment,
- disenthronement,
- disgorgement,
- disjunction,
- dismissal,
- displacement,
- disposal,
- disposition,
- dissemination,
- ejaculation,
- ejection,
- ejectment,
- elimination,
- emission,
- eradication,
- eructation,
- eruption,
- eviction,
- excommunication,
- exile,
- expatriation,
- expelling,
- export,
- exportation,
- extradition,
- extravasation,
- extrusion,
- firing,
- forced resignation,
- impeachment,
- import,
- importation,
- interchange,
- jet,
- jettison,
- kicking downstairs,
- kicking upstairs,
- liquidation,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- metempsychosis,
- migration,
- mutual transfer,
- obtrusion,
- osmosis,
- ostracism,
- ouster,
- ousting,
- outburst,
- outlawing,
- outlawry,
- outpour,
- overthrow,
- overthrowal,
- passage,
- passing over,
- pensioning off,
- perfusion,
- purge,
- rejection,
- relegation,
- removal,
- repudiation,
- retirement,
- riddance,
- sacking,
- severance,
- spout,
- spread,
- spreading,
- spurt,
- squirt,
- superannuation,
- suspension,
- the boot,
- the bounce,
- the sack,
- throwing out,
- transduction,
- transfer,
- transfer of property,
- transference,
- transfusion,
- transit,
- transition,
- translation,
- translocation,
- transmigration,
- transmigration of souls,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- transmittance,
- transplacement,
- transplantation,
- transposal,
- transposition,
- travel,
- unchurching,
- unfrocking,
- unseating,
- withdrawal