expulsion (n.)

  1. the act of forcing out someone or something; the ejection of troublemakers by the police; the childs expulsion from school

    [ Syn: ejection , exclusion , riddance ]

  2. squeezing out by applying pressure; an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube; the expulsion of pus from the pimple

    [ Syn: extrusion ]

  3. the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

    [ Syn: projection , ejection , forcing out ]

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