Antonyms for expel
ɪkˈspɛlex·pel

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1. expelverb

   Antonyms:
   impel

2. expelverb

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   impel

3. expelverb

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   impel

4. expelverb

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5. expelverb

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1. expel

   Banish, primarily to put under ban, to compel by authority to leave a place or country, perhaps with restriction to some other place or country. From a country, a person may be banished, exiled, or expatriated; banished from any country where he may happen to be, but expatriated or exiled only from his own. One may expatriate or exile himself; he is banished by others. Banish is a word of wide import; one may banish disturbing thoughts; care may banish sleep. To expel is to drive out with violence or rudeness, and so often with disgrace.

   Synonyms:
   ban, banish, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, drive out, eject, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, oust

   Preposition:
   Cataline was banished from Rome; John the Apostle was banished to Patmos.

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1. expel, throw out, kick outverb

   force to leave or move out

   "He was expelled from his native country"

   Synonyms:
   toss, throw out, cast out, boot out, fling, throw away, cast away, discharge, release, chuck out, toss out, dispose, exhaust, rout, put away, dismiss, oust, advance, cast aside, kick out, drum out, rout out, toss away, discard, eject

2. oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expelverb

   remove from a position or office

   "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

   Synonyms:
   rout, exhaust, turf out, toss, throw out, cast out, boot out, fling, discharge, cast away, turn out, release, chuck out, toss out, dispose, dismiss, exclude, throw away, oust, advance, cast aside, kick out, rout out, drum out, put away, toss away, discard, eject

3. rout, rout out, expelverb

   cause to flee

   "rout out the fighters from their caves"

   Synonyms:
   throw out, boot out, spread-eagle, rouse, drive out, discharge, release, force out, eject, exhaust, rout, root, rout up, oust, spreadeagle, rootle, kick out, drum out, rout out, gouge

4. exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, releaseverb

   eliminate (a substance)

   "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

   Synonyms:
   unload, exhaust, let go, eat up, muster out, dispatch, complete, go off, wash up, eat, boot out, assoil, release, beat, tire, unloose, empty, resign, drop off, unblock, play out, put out, liberate, use up, fire, turf out, tucker out, relinquish, unloosen, squeeze out, bring out, throw out, let go of, squirt, run through, oust, exculpate, give up, chuck out, exclude, set down, clear, secrete, publish, put down, wipe out, unfreeze, acquit, kick out, drum out, rout out, turn out, force out, drop, rout, discharge, run down, exonerate, free, tucker, sap, turn, eject, consume, deplete, issue, loose

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1. expelverb

   Synonyms:
   eject, drive out, ostracize, banish, proscribe, exile, excommunicate, discharge, void, eject, evacuate, exclude, remove, dismiss

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. consume

   force out something

   she was expelled from school.

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

How to use expel in a sentence?

1. Tennessee Republicans Pearson:

   You cannot expel hope, you can’t expel our voice and you sure can’t expel our fight. We look forward to continuing to fight, continuing to advocate.

2. Chris Tyler-Smith:

   They made big efforts to expel them, and succeeded after a couple of hundred years.

3. Maryam Rajavi:

   From the outset we have rejected this reactionary and bellicose policy and seek amicable relations with the rest of our neighbors to confront this regime, the Islamic revolutionary Guard Corps must be designated as a foreign terrorist group and evicted from the region. More sanctions need to be imposed on the regime. the Iranian people long for freedom and democracy, equality, and an advanced society. Moreover the Iranian people demand an overthrow of this regime, she said. Rajavi has called on international organizations to expel Iran because of its support of terrorism, restore sanctions on some officials and start war crimes prosecutions for those that she says are responsible for massacring civilians. Iran, however considers the N.C.R.I a terrorist organization, a claim the group rejects. The N.C.R.I says the regime has executed more than 120,000 of its followers who oppose the regime. Mrs. Rajavi alluded to America’s July 4th Independence Day, and the rights secured in the Declaration of Independence.

4. Mike Pompeo:

   In Syria, the United States will use diplomacy and work with our partners to expel every last Iranian boot.

5. Justin Jones of Nashville:

   It’s morally insane that a week after a mass shooting took six precious lives in my community here in Nashville, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, their first action is not to take actions to rein in this proliferation of weapons of war in our streets, but it’s to expel their colleagues for standing with our constituents.

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