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Person who is forced to leave his or her country. Also: to force a person to leave his or her country.

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  • Many soldiers were sent into exile after the war.
  • Men in exile dream of hope
  • Sometimes being in exile is as much punishment as you can get.
  • Andrew Wheeler, no longer in exile, is now blogging at ComicMix.
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  • Vehicle wheels turn on "axles," figure skaters perform "axels" (spinning jumps), and the earth has an "axial" rotation (pertaining to a mathematical axis). A plant has an "axil" (angle between a stem or leaf and supporting branch), and the "axile" (pertai
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