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| Main Entry: |
expulsion
 [ik-spuhl-shuhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banishing |
| Synonyms: | banishment, boot, bounce, debarment, deportment, discharge, dislodgment, dismissal, displacement, dispossession, driving out, ejection, eviction, exclusion, exile, expatriation, extrusion, forcing out, ostracism, ouster, ousting, proscription, purge, relegation, removal, rush, suspension |
| Antonyms: | import, welcoming |
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| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a throw to the side |
| Synonyms: | casting, ejection, expulsion, fling, flinging, heave, heaving, hurl, hurling, launching, lob, lobbing, pitch, pitching, projection, propulsion, shooting, sling, slinging, thrust, thrusting, toss, tossing |
| Antonyms: | catch, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | deportation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | banishment |
| Synonyms: | displacement, eviction, exile, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, ostracism, relegation, removal, transportation |
| Antonyms: | approval, permission |
Example Sentences
- The feces are moved into the rectum to await expulsion.
- Many families had been abruptly separated during the chaos of expulsion.
- Expulsion is out of balance, especially when you consider that other law breakers are allowed to stay.
| Main Entry: | dismissal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | release |
| Synonyms: | adjournment, banishment, bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, congé, deportation, deposal, deposition, discharge, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, dissolution, door*, end, eviction, exile, exorcism, expatriation, expulsion, freedom, freeing, housecleaning, kiss-off, layoff, liberation, marching orders, notice, old heave-ho, ostracism, ouster, permission, pink slip, relegation, removal, suspension |
| Antonyms: | acceptance, appointment, employment, hiring, maintainance, retention, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | elimination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal |
| Synonyms: | cut, destruction, discard, displacement, dropping, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, extermination, omission, rejection, riddance, taking away, weeding out, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | eviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throwing out of a residence |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce*, bum's rush, clearance, dislodgement, dispossession, ejection, expulsion, kicking out, ouster, removal, rush, the gate, walking papers |
| Antonyms: | admittance, boarding, including, leasing, receiving, renting, welcome, welcoming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leaving out |
| Synonyms: | barring, debarment, disallowment, excepting, exclusion, excusing, expulsion, noninclusion, omission, passing over, rejection, repudiation, reservation |
| Antonyms: | admittal, admittance, allowance, inclusion |
| Main Entry: | exile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deportation from a place |
| Synonyms: | banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation |
| Main Entry: | exorcism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expelling evil spirits |
| Synonyms: | casting out, ceremony, ejection, expulsion, purification, ritual |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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