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n. - Any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body.

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  • Verb (used with object), : to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country. ,to expel a student from a college
  • She solicited her mother to assist in expelling the destructive image from her mind.
  • They then all asked if the news had yet come when they were to begin expelling the Giaours.
  • Had they succeeded in expelling the British power from South Africa, they would have had to deal with another power on the sea.
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