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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɛk.spyl.sjɔ̃
"Son expulsion de l'école a provoqué un grand débat."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The official act of forcing someone to leave an organization, institution, or country.
"The student faced immediate expulsion from the university after violating the academic integrity policy." - 2
The action of forcing out something or driving away a substance, object, or feeling.
"The procedure involves the gentle expulsion of air from the lungs."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Late Latin word expulsionem, meaning a driving out, which stems from the verb expellere (ex- out + pellere to drive). It entered the English language in the late 15th century, initially maintaining its legal and administrative sense of forcing someone to leave a place or organization.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Expulsion" is said worldwide
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expulsion
Transliteration: ɛk.spyl.sjɔ̃
"Son expulsion de l'école a provoqué un grand débat."
Ausweisung
Transliteration: ˈaʊ̯sˌvaɪ̯zʊŋ
"Die Ausweisung des Diplomaten führte zu politischen Spannungen."
espulsione
Transliteration: es.pulˈsjo.ne
"L'arbitro ha decretato l'espulsione del giocatore."
expulsión
Transliteration: eks.pulˈsjon
"La expulsión del país fue ejecutada la semana pasada."
expulsão
Transliteration: is.puwˈsɐ̃w
"A expulsão do aluno foi decidida pelo conselho escolar."
निष्कासन
Transliteration: nishkasan
"विद्यालय से उसका निष्कासन कर दिया गया।"
驱逐
Transliteration: qūzhú
"他因为严重违纪而面临被学校驱逐的处分。"
추방
Transliteration: chubang
"그는 학교에서 최종 추방 조치를 당했다."
追放
Transliteration: tsuihō
"不正行为により彼に大学からの追放が言い渡された。"
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