Word

expulsion, n.
(expulsions)
freq. cnt. 1

the act of forcing out someone or something
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

ejection exclusion expulsion riddance

sample sentences

"the ejection of troublemakers by the police"
"the child's expulsion from school"

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derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

defenestration deportation ostracism barring, blackball ouster, ousting

hypernym

banishment, proscription

the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
<noun.act> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

ejection expulsion forcing out projection

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

eject eject eject

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

propulsion, actuation

hyponym

belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation belching coughing up spit, spitting, expectoration vomiting, vomit, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking

squeezing out by applying pressure
<noun.act>

expulsion extrusion

sample sentences

"an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"
"the expulsion of pus from the pimple"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

squeeze, squeezing