Expulses

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To forcefully eject or drive a person or object out of a specific area; to discharge or remove something from its place or position; to send away an individual or item with authority or forceful action
2. To remove or send out someone or something forcibly from a place or position
3. To drive or push out an individual or object from a location or situation by authoritative action

Etymology: "Expulses" is the third-person singular present form of "expulse," a verb meaning to drive out forcibly. The verb itself was borrowed from Latin "expulsare," a frequentative of "expellere," which combined "ex-" ("out") with "pellere" ("to drive"). The Latin root is the same one behind "propel," "repel," and "impulse," all built around the idea of pushing or striking something away. Because "expulse" is a direct borrowing rather than a word that passed through French, its meaning stays close to the Latin: forcing something or someone outward, usually against resistance. The inflected ending "-es" is simply the regular present-tense marker for a third-person subject such as "he," "she," or "it."

Synonyms: ejects, forces out, drives out, throws out, dismisses

Antonyms: accepts, welcomes, receives, includes, embraces