Expulsion

/ɛkspˈʌlʃən/

/ɪkˈspəɫʃən/

[noun]

Expulsion

[NOUN]

the act of expelling or forcing someone to leave a particular place, especially a school

synonyms : ejection

exclusion

riddance

the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

synonyms : ejection

forcing out

projection

squeezing out by applying pressure

synonyms : extrusion

Examples

1. After being threatened with expulsion for my vulgar remarks in class, I knew I had to watch my tongue for the rest of the semester.

2. We all sat sipping our tea quietly, no one wanting to bring up the white elephant in the room about Joel's expulsion from college.

3. In 2012, Bolivia's president and the country's Minister of External Affairs announced the expulsion of Coca Cola in Bolivia in favor of a traditional Bolivian drink.

4. For Adam and Eve, the next step was expulsion from paradise to a life in the fields.