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Noun expulsion has 3 senses
- ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
--1 is a kind of banishment, proscription
--1 has particulars:
- extrusion, expulsion - squeezing out by applying pressure; "an unexpected extrusion of toothpaste from the bottom of the tube"; "the expulsion of pus from the pimple"
--2 is a kind of squeeze, squeezing
- expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
--3 is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--3 has particulars: | belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation; belching; coughing up; spit, spitting, expectoration; vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking |
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