What does Expulsion mean?
Definitions for Expulsion
ɪkˈspʌl ʃənex·pul·sion
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Princeton's WordNet
ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddancenoun
the act of forcing out someone or something
"the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
extrusion, expulsionnoun
squeezing out by applying pressure
"an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing outnoun
the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
Wiktionary
expulsionnoun
The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Expulsionnoun
Etymology: from expulse.
A wooer,
More hateful than the foul expulsion is
Of thy dear husband. William Shakespeare, Cymbeline.Sole victor from th’ expulsion of his foes,
Messiah his triumphal chariot turn’d. John Milton, Paradise Lost.Others think it possible so to contrive several pieces of steel and a load-stone, that, by their continual attraction and expulsion of one another, they may cause a perpetual revolution of a wheel. John Wilkins, Dædalus.
Coffee-coloured urine proceeds from a mixture of a small quantity of blood with the urine; but often prognosticates a resolution of the obstructing matter, and the expulsion of gravel or a stone. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.
To what end had the angel been set to keep the entrance into Paradise, after Adam’s expulsion, if the universe had been Paradise? For then must Adam have been chased also out of the world. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.
This magnificent temple was not finished ’till after the expulsion of Tarquin. Edward Stillingfleet.
ChatGPT
expulsion
Expulsion is the act of forcing someone to leave a place, particularly a member from a group or a student from a school, often as a form of punishment. In a broader context, it can also refer to the process of pushing or driving something out, either physically or metaphorically.
Webster Dictionary
Expulsionnoun
the act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc
Expulsionnoun
the state of being expelled or driven out
Etymology: [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.]
Wikidata
Expulsion
Expulsion, exclusion, withdrawing, or permanent exclusion refers to the removal/banning of a student from a school system or university for an extensive period amount of time due to a student persistently violating that institution's rules, or for a single offence of appropriate severity in extreme cases. Laws and procedures regarding expulsion vary between countries and states.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Expulsion
eks-pul′shun, n. the act of expelling: banishment.—v.t. Expulse′ (obs.), to expel forcibly, eject.—adj. Expul′sive, able or serving to expel. [L. expulsio. See Expel.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Expulsion in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Expulsion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Expulsion in a Sentence
I categorically reject the unjustified expulsion of two officials from the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the UN and the tightening of the restrictions on the movements of the diplomats and families, the allegation that they performed acts incompatible with their diplomatic status is vulgar slander.
Executive Director Kristen Amundson:
But it is always better if school administrators use good judgment and discretion, that's how we end up not having to hear a case of a kindergartner who brought a little paring knife to school suddenly being recommended for expulsion for bringing a weapon to school.
All who have been identified as declared intelligence officers: they have just one week to leave, this will be the single biggest expulsion for over 30 years and it will reflect the fact that this is not the first time the Russian state has acted against our country.
The strategy in Iraq will be to prevent an ISIL (Islamic State) recurrence and to prevent an expulsion of the U.S. by Iranian-backed actors. The two issues are viewed as linked, there is a lot of Iraq experience inside this administration and it shows in the long-term commitment to Iraqi security that is being offered.
The FIFA statutes say that discrimination on grounds of gender is punishable by suspension or expulsion, if the statutes are not worth upholding, then withdraw them and let football be honest to the women of Iran. Because at the moment, despite the promise, equality is a lie.
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- отстраняване, изгонванеBulgarian
- Entfernung, Vertreibung, AusweisungGerman
- αποβολήGreek
- forpeloEsperanto
- expulsiónSpanish
- اخراجPersian
- expulsionFrench
- निष्कासनHindi
- pengusiranIndonesian
- espulsioneItalian
- 排除, 追放Japanese
- 추방Korean
- uitwijzingDutch
- wydaleniePolish
- удаление, исключение, изгнание, отстранениеRussian
- utvisning, uteslutning, relegeringSwedish
- вигнанняUkrainian
- trục xuấtVietnamese
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