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expel (v.)
late 14c., "cast out," from Latin
expellere
"drive out, drive away," from
ex-
"out" (see
ex-
) +
pellere
"to drive" (see
pulse
(n.1)). Specific meaning "to eject from a school" is first recorded 1640s. Related:
Expelled
;
expelling
.