expelled

American  

[ik-speld] / ɪkˈspɛld /

adjective

1. driven or forced out or away; discharged.

   She drew in a long puff, then eyed her cigarette thoughtfully through the slowly expelled smoke.

2. cut off from membership or participation.

   An expelled student will be removed from all classes and will not be permitted to reenroll.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of expel.

Other Word Forms

• unexpelled adjective

Etymology

Origin of expelled

expel ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The new research found that the impact also expelled enough material from the binary system to slightly alter its path around the Sun.

From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026

The seven employees were later expelled from Hungary.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026

Khomeini, then 76, needed a new bolthole after being expelled from his exiled base in the Iraqi city of Najaf by the country's dictator Saddam Hussein.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

All he held is that the government has to tell people where they will be expelled to, and give them a chance to raise a claim of persecution before they’re put on a plane.

From Slate • Feb. 28, 2026

Imagine that 30,000 years ago one tribe defeated its neighbour and expelled it from coveted foraging grounds.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

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