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Synonyms for expelling

Most common

emission expulsion ejection

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The process by which something is expelled.

Forms

Plural
expellings → expulsions, ejections, discharges, emissions…

Example sentences

  • emission Filters stop emission of gas into the atmosphere.
  • expulsion His expulsion from university was occasioned by his academic misconduct.
  • ejection The loud commotion led to his immediate ejection from the premises by security.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
expellingsteady
emissionsteady
expulsionsteady
ejectionfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

8 letters
emission3, ejection3
9 letters
discharge2, expulsion3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (emission3 = 3 syllables).