English noun: expulsion | |||
1. | expulsion (act) the act of forcing out someone or something | ||
Samples | The ejection of troublemakers by the police. The child's expulsion from school. | ||
Synonyms | ejection, exclusion, riddance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | banishment, proscription | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | barring, blackball, defenestration, deportation, ostracism, ouster, ousting | ||
2. | expulsion (act) squeezing out by applying pressure | ||
Samples | An unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube. The expulsion of pus from the pimple. | ||
Synonyms | extrusion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | squeeze, squeezing | ||
3. | expulsion (act) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting | ||
Synonyms | ejection, forcing out, projection | ||
Broader (hypernym) | actuation, propulsion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | belch, belching, belching, burp, burping, coughing up, disgorgement, emesis, eructation, expectoration, puking, regurgitation, spit, spitting, vomit, vomiting | ||