expulsion
noun/ɪkˈspʌlʃn/
/ɪkˈspʌlʃn/
- [uncountable, countable] expulsion (from…) the act of forcing somebody to leave a place; the act of expelling somebody
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country.
- Troops are engaged in the expulsion of enemy forces from the area.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- automatic
- immediate
- mass
- …
- lead to
- result in
- call for
- …
- expulsion from
- grounds for expulsion
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- [uncountable, countable] expulsion (from…) the act of sending somebody away from a school or an organization, so that they can no longer belong to it; the act of expelling somebody
- The headteacher threatened the three girls with expulsion.
- The club faces expulsion from the football league.
Extra ExamplesTopics Educationc2- His disruptive behaviour was felt to be sufficient grounds for his expulsion.
- Several pupils now face expulsion.
- The government ordered the immediate expulsion of the two men.
- an ex-party member who intends to appeal against his expulsion
- her expulsion from the society
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- automatic
- immediate
- mass
- …
- lead to
- result in
- call for
- …
- expulsion from
- grounds for expulsion
- [uncountable] expulsion (from…) (formal) the act of sending or driving a substance out of your body or a container
- the expulsion of air from the lungs
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin expulsio(n-), from expellere ‘drive out’, from ex- ‘out’ + pellere ‘to drive’.
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