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expulsar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • abandon verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  • banish verb To officially force someone to leave a place, usually as punishment, and forbid their return.
  • eject verb To force someone to leave a place.
  • expel verb To force someone out of a place, group, or organization, often as punishment.
  • oust verb To force someone out of a position of power or place, often against their will.

Senses

expulsar is used for these senses in English:

  • abandon (transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject. [Attested from the mid 16th century until the mid 17th century.]
  • banish (transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.
  • eject (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
  • expel (transitive) To remove from membership.
  • expel (transitive) To deport.
  • oust (transitive) To expel; to remove.
  • send off (sports) To show someone a red card, and dismiss them from the playing area.

abandon — full definition

  1. verb To leave someone or something behind for good, especially when you have a duty to stay.
  2. verb To give up an activity, plan, or belief completely.
  3. noun Total freedom from restraint or inhibition, especially in the phrase "with abandon".

banish — full definition

  1. verb To officially force someone to leave a place, usually as punishment, and forbid their return.
  2. verb To drive an unwanted thought or feeling from one's mind.

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