expel

 
Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspɛl, ɛk-/

verb (expels, expelling, expelled)

[with object]
  • officially make (someone) leave a school or other organization: she was expelled from school
  • force (someone) to leave a place: eight diplomats were expelled from Norway for espionage
  • force out (something), especially from the body: she expelled a shuddering breath

Derivatives

expellable

adjective

expellee

Pronunciation: /-ˈliː/
noun

expeller

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- 'out' + pellere 'to drive'

Spelling rule

Double the l when adding endings which begin with a vowel to words which end in a vowel plus l (as in travel): (expels, expelling, expelled).