expulsive

[ ik-spuhl-siv ]

/ ɪkˈspʌl sɪv /

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adjective

tending or serving to expel.

Origin of expulsive

1350–1400; Middle English < Middle French expulsive (feminine) < Medieval Latin expulsīvus. See expulsion, -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM expulsive

non·ex·pul·sive, adjective

Words nearby expulsive

exptl, exptl., expugnable, expulse, expulsion, expulsive, expulsive pain, expunction, expunge, expurgate, expurgatorial

Example sentences from the Web for expulsive

In the second stage the pains are stronger, recur every two or three minutes, and are expulsive.

The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation |Austin O'Malley
The heart of a contest of this character is the expulsive power of the one over against the other.

Is the Devil a Myth? |C. F. Wimberly
But, before long, she began to experience that which has been beautifully described as "the expulsive power of a new affection."

The Following of the Star |Florence L. Barclay
Doing regulates both of these, and the "expulsive power of a new affection" settles nearly every problem by displacement.

The Boy and the Sunday School |John L. Alexander

But the term "apotropaic" is generally used of expulsive ceremonies in which a whole community takes part.

Introduction to the History of Religions |Crawford Howell Toy

British Dictionary definitions for expulsive

expulsive

/ (ɪkˈspʌlsɪv) /

adjective

tending or serving to expel

Medical definitions for expulsive

expulsive

[ ĭk-spŭl′sĭv ]

adj.

Tending to expel.

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expulsive

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Example sentences from the Web for expulsive

British Dictionary definitions for expulsive

adjective

Medical definitions for expulsive

adj.

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expulsive

adjective

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