expulsive

American  

[ik-spuhl-siv] / ɪkˈspʌl sɪv /

adjective

1. tending or serving to expel.

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expulsive British  

/ ɪkˈspʌlsɪv /

adjective

1. tending or serving to expel

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Other Word Forms

• nonexpulsive adjective

Etymology

Origin of expulsive

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French expulsive (feminine) < Medieval Latin expulsīvus. See expulsion, -ive

Example Sentences

In addition to the Alien franchise making its grand expulsive return this spring, doppelgänger release Life will likewise set an intelligent life form on a crew of unsuspecting astronauts trapped on a spacecraft.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2017

The strongest power to make renunciation possible is 'the expulsive power of a new affection.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. by Maclaren, Alexander

The only salvation of the soul lies in the kindling of a new passion, the lighting of the fire of a new intention, the expulsive power, as it has been called, of a new affection.

From Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion by Peabody, Francis Greenwood

Doing regulates both of these, and the "expulsive power of a new affection" settles nearly every problem by displacement.

From The Boy and the Sunday School A Manual of Principle and Method for the Work of the Sunday School with Teen Age Boys by Alexander, John L.

Mr. R.—When a man really receives Christ into his heart, he experiences “the expulsive power of a new affection.”

From Sovereign Grace Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects by Moody, Dwight Lyman