expel
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
force to leave or move out
He was expelled from his native country
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- expulsion derivation
Sense 2 verb
remove from a position or office
The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
- excommunicate hyponym
- force out hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
cause to flee
rout out the fighters from their caves
Types & categories
- defeat hypernym
Sense 4 verb
eliminate (a substance)
combustion products are exhausted in the engine
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | expulsion |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | eject |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | exile |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | debar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extradite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bar |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blackball |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | banish |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | expulsion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ousting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ouster |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | excommunicate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | force out |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | defeat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ejection |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | expelling |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | release |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cough out |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | blow |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ejaculate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | abort |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | ovulate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | excrete |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | hemorrhage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | eruct |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fester |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | emit |