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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
expel .
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Examples
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In 1939, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland (the Winter War).
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Nigeria was temporarily expelled from the Commonwealth of Nations after executing activist Ken Saro-Wiwa on what many believe to be politically motivated charges.
The End of Oil Art Exhibit: Ed Kashi in the Niger Delta | Inhabitat 2009
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December 9th, 2009 TIGER WOODS 'mother-in-law has been expelled from a Florida sanatorium following treatment for "stomach discomfort".
Woods Mistress Apologises To Wife admin 2009
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It also singles out five members of various tea party groups, one of whom has been expelled from the movement, as having ties to anti-Semitic, militia or white nationalist groups.
NAACP backs report that ties racist groups to tea party Krissah Thompson 2010
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December 9th, 2009 TIGER WOODS 'mother-in-law has been expelled from a Florida sanatorium following treatment for "stomach discomfort".
Archive 2009-12-01 admin 2009
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Williams and his Tea Party Express gang are expelled from the Tea Party thanks to his idiotic behavior and recent writings.
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Sultry spy Anna Chapman may have been expelled from the United States, but she's received a warm welcome back home.
This just in...: Gary Condit; Anna Chapman; Kim Novak The Reliable Source 2010
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It is more likely the teacher will be expelled from the church than the immodest dresser.
Modest Feminine Dress From the Pages of 1990 Victoria Magazine 2009
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A third had been expelled from the College on the grounds of insanity.
A Conversation with Rebecca Stott about The Coral Thief 2010
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It also singles out five members of various tea party groups, one of whom has been expelled from the movement, as having ties to anti-Semitic, militia or white nationalist groups.
NAACP backs report that ties racist groups to tea party Krissah Thompson 2010
GHibbs commented on the word expelled
My adjectival use: 'They send expelled students to a special school.'
August 19, 2011