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Noun: expulsion  ik'spúl-shun
  1. The act of expelling, projecting or ejecting
    "The machine's expulsion of the finished product completed the manufacturing process";
    - projection, ejection, forcing out
     
  2. The act of forcing out someone or something
    "the child's expulsion from school";
    - ejection, exclusion, riddance
     
  3. Squeezing out by applying pressure
    "the expulsion of pus from the pimple";
    - extrusion

Derived forms: expulsions

Type of: actuation, banishment, propulsion, proscription, squeeze, squeezing

Encyclopedia: Expulsion