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Word entry · 5 letters

expel

Best crossword clue

"Drive out"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɪkˈspɛl/Part of speech verbSorted eelpxStarts with EEnds with L1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. eliminate (a substance)

Word origin

Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).

Used in a sentence

  • But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell.
  • He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.

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