How to say "expel" in Japanese

• 追い出すおいだすJLPT N1approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbFor the physical, forceful sense: driving someone out of a place, as in expelling a person from a house, room, or venue. The image is of pushing or chasing the person out the door.
  台所だいどころからその猫ねこを追い出おいだしてくれ。↗

  Chase the cat out of the kitchen.
• 外すはずすJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbUsed when a person is dropped from a team or removed from a position — expel in the sense of excluding someone from a group or role, not physically driving them out of a place.
  私は野球やきゅうチームから外はずされた。↗

  I was dropped from the baseball team.

Use 「追い出す」 when someone is forcibly driven out of a place; use 「外す」 when the meaning is dropping or excluding a person from a team, position, or group rather than physically driving them out.

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• 追い出すおいだすto expel
• ひるto expel (from the body)
• こくto expel (from the body)
• おんだすto expel
• ほっぽり出すほっぽりだすto throw out
• 押っ放り出すおっぽりだすto throw out
• 外すはずすto drop (e.g. from a team)
• 追うおうto drive out
• はじき出すはじきだすto expel (from a group)
• 切るきるto dismiss
• 放り出すほうりだすto dismiss
• 退けるしりぞけるto force (someone) to leave their post