Expel - English meaning

verb

Officially or legally prohibit (something).

Usage examples:

Parking is banned around the harbour in summer

noun

An official or legal prohibition.

Usage examples:

A proposed ban on cigarette advertising

noun

A monetary unit of romania, equal to one hundredth of a leu.

Usage examples:

If you want milk you have to ask for it and it costs extra (often 50 bani or 5000 old lei) and is u…

noun

A long rigid piece of wood, metal, or similar material, typically used as an obstruction, fastening, or weapon.

Usage examples:

An iron bar

verb

Fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars.

Usage examples:

She bolted and barred the door

preposition

Except for.

Usage examples:

His kids were all gone now, bar one

verb

Reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot.

Usage examples:

Her husband was blackballed when he tried to join the country club

verb

To vote against allowing someone to be a member of an organization or group

Usage examples:

He was initially blackballed because of a dispute he once had with a couple of the committee members.

noun

A list of people or things that are regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and should be excluded or avoided.

Usage examples:

He was placed on a blacklist which meant he was unable to get credit

verb

Put on a blacklist.

Usage examples:

Workers were blacklisted after being quoted in the newspaper

verb

To put someone’s name on a list of people who are considered not acceptable, which keeps the person from getting jobs, going certain places, or doing particular things

Usage examples:

The industry blacklisted him for exposing its corruption., the blacklist destroyed his career.

noun

A person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business.

Usage examples:

For much of the last fifty years the country's banks have operated as cashiers for often insolvent …

verb

Dismiss (someone) from the armed forces in disgrace because of a serious misdemeanour.

Usage examples:

He was found guilty and cashiered

noun

A person responsible for receiving payments for goods

phrasal verb

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

To throw something away

Usage examples:

I've chucked out all my old clothes.

verb

Exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something.

Usage examples:

First-round candidates were debarred from standing

verb

To stop someone from doing something by law or by official agreement

Usage examples:

He was debarred from the club for unacceptable behaviour.

verb

Order or allow to leave; send away.

Usage examples:

She dismissed the taxi at the corner of the road

verb

To decide that something or someone is not important and not worth considering

Usage examples:

Let’s not dismiss the idea without discussing it., the teacher dismissed the class early.

verb

To remove someone from their job, especially because they have done something wrong

Usage examples:

Dismiss sb for sth salespeople may be dismissed for many reasons, the most common of which is poor …

verb

Drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.

Usage examples:

The reformists were ousted from power

verb

Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Usage examples:

Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun

A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb

To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone

Usage examples:

The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

verb

Take (something) away or off from the position occupied.

Usage examples:

Customs officials removed documents from the premises

noun

A degree of remoteness or separation.

Usage examples:

At this remove, the whole incident seems insane

collocation

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

Discard something as unwanted.

Usage examples:

I threw out all the old torn clothes

phrasal verb

(of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it.

Usage examples:

The charges were thrown out by the magistrate