Dismiss or expel

  • 1dismiss — dis·miss vt 1: to remove from position or service dismiss ed the employee 2: to bring about or order the dismissal of (an action) the suit was dismiss ed vi: to bring about or order a dismissal the pla …

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  • 2expel — I verb banish, cut out, deport, discard, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, disown, dispose of, dispossess, drive out, eicere, eject, eliminate, emit, evict, exclude, excommunicate, exigere, exile, expatriate, expellere, extrude, force away, force out …

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  • 3dismiss — 1 Dismiss, discharge, cashier, drop, sack, fire, bounce are comparable when they mean to let go from one s employ or service. Dismiss basically denotes a giving permission to go {he dismissed the assembly Acts 19:41} {dismissed the night watchers …

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  • 4expel — *eject, oust, dismiss, evict Analogous words: *banish, exile, ostracize: *dismiss, discharge, cashier, fire: *discard, cast: *exclude, shut out, eliminate Antonyms: admit (sense 1) …

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  • 5dismiss — [v1] send away, remove; free abolish, banish, boot*, brush off*, bundle, cast off*, cast out*, chase, chuck, clear, decline, deport, detach, disband, discard, dispatch, dispense with, disperse, dispose of, dissolve, divorce, do without, drive out …

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  • 6expel — [v1] discharge belch, blow out, cast out, disgorge, dislodge, drive out, ejaculate, eruct, erupt, evacuate, exhaust, exudate, exude, get rid of, irrupt, pass, remove, spew, throw out, vomit; concept 179 Ant. absorb, admit, take in expel [v2]… …

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  • 7expel — [ek spel′, ikspel′] vt. expelled, expelling [ME expellen < L expellere < ex , out + pellere, to thrust: see PULSE1] 1. to drive out by force; force out; eject 2. to dismiss or send away by authority; deprive of rights, membership, etc. SYN …

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  • 8expel — expellable, adj. /ik spel /, v.t., expelled, expelling. 1. to drive or force out or away; discharge or eject: to expel air from the lungs; to expel an invader from a country. 2. to cut off from membership or relations: to expel a student from a… …

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  • 9expel — verb expelled, expelling (T) 1 to dismiss someone officially from a school or organization: expel sb from: I was expelled from school when I was fourteen. | expel sb for doing sth: Three party members were expelled for accepting bribes. | get… …

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  • 10dismiss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. send away; discharge, liberate, disband; cancel (law). See nullification, ejection, liberation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To send away] Syn. discard, reject, decline, repel, repudiate, dispatch,… …

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