EXPULSION

expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out

(noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance

(noun) the act of forcing out someone or something; “the ejection of troublemakers by the police”; “the child’s expulsion from school”

extrusion, expulsion

(noun) squeezing out by applying pressure; “an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube”; “the expulsion of pus from the pimple”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

expulsion (countable and uncountable, plural expulsions)

The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

Antonyms

• impulsion

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*pul"sion, n. Etym: [L. expulsio, fr. expellere: cf. F. expulsion. See Expel.]

1. The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc. The expulsion of the Tarquins. Shak.

2. The state of being expelled or driven out.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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