expel
verb/ɪkˈspɛl/
Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin expellere, from ex- (“out”) + pellere (“to drive”).
- derived from expellere
Definitions
To eject.
To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).
- But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell.
To remove from membership.
- He was expelled from school multiple times for disruptive behaviour.
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To deport.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at expel. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at expel. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at expel
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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