Verb

(demot)

To lower the rank or status of something.

To relegate.

Verb

To eject or erupt.

(obsolete) To fire (a bullet, arrow etc.).

* , II.xi:

But to the ground the idle quarrell fell: / Then he another and another did expell .

To remove from membership.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis

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To deport.