exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release
(verb) eliminate (a substance); “combustion products are exhausted in the engine”; “the plant releases a gas”
rout, rout out, expel
(verb) cause to flee; “rout out the fighters from their caves”
oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel
(verb) remove from a position or office; “The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds”
expel, throw out, kick out
(verb) force to leave or move out; “He was expelled from his native country”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
expel (third-person singular simple present expels, present participle expelling, simple past and past participle expelled)
To eject or erupt.
(obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
(transitive) To remove from membership.
Synonyms: drive away, drive out, force out
(transitive) To deport.
• fordrive, turf out
• impel
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pel", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expelled, p. pr. & vb. n.. Expelling.] Etym: [L. expellere, expulsum; ex out + pellere to drive: cf.F. expeller. See Pulse a beat.]
1. To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows. Did not ye . . . expel me out of my father's house Judg. Xi. 7.
2. To drive away from one's country; to banish. Forewasted all their land, and them expelled. Spenser. . He shell expel them from before you . . . and ye shell possess their land. Josh. xxiii. 5.
3. To cut off from further connection with an institution of learning, a society, and the like; as, to expel a student or member.
4. To keep out, off, or away; to exclude. "To expel the winter's flaw." Shak.
5. To discharge; to shoot. [Obs.] Then he another and another [shaft] did expel. Spenser. .
Syn.
– To banish; exile; eject; drive out. See Banish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
