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  • past tense form of expel.
  • past participle of expel.
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expelled

[ik-speld] / ɪkˈspɛld /


ADJECTIVE
dropped
Synonyms


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More than 60,000 Canadians have signed a petition calling for the US ambassador in Ottawa to be expelled for undermining diplomatic relations between the two neighbours.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

A ruling published July 8 by Spain’s Supreme Court made it harder for individuals who reach Ceuta by sea to be immediately expelled.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

If a third black hole arrived during another galactic merger, the resulting three-body interaction could have expelled the smallest black hole from the center.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

Former Afghan soldier Haidary Hamedullah risked his life to cross the Channel hoping for a brighter future for his family in Britain, but just weeks later UK authorities expelled him back to France.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

At sixteen years old, even Durmstrang felt it could no longer turn a blind eye to the twisted experiments of Gellert Grindelwald, and he was expelled.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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