expulsion

Borrowed from Old French expulsion, from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈspʌlʃən/

expulsion (countable and uncountable, plural expulsions)

1. The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

   The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.

• impulsion

• expel

Borrowed from Latin expulsio, expulsionem.

• IPA^(key): /ɛk.spyl.sjɔ̃/

expulsion f (plural expulsions)

1. expulsion

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   Mass expulsions are almost invariably unjust and inhumane.

2. (sports) sending-off, red card, dismissal

• expulser

• “expulsion” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).