expel
/ɪkˈspel/ verb [T] (-ll-)Definition
› to make someone leave a school, country, organization, or place: The new government has expelled all foreign diplomats.expel sb from sth Officials want to expel settlers from protected forest. The disciplinary tribunal has the power to suspend or even expel offenders from the profession.
(Definition of expel verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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