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Synonyms for expulsion
Synonyms for expulsion: riddance and extrusion. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for expulsion
- riddancenoun, in the sense "the act of forcing out someone or something"
- extrusionnoun, in the sense "squeezing out by applying pressure"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of expulsion, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
the act of forcing out someone or something
The child's expulsion from school.
The true synonym
riddance
Same sentence, swapped: The child's riddance from school.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot expulsion is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- projection
- excommunication
- disbarment
squeezing out by applying pressure
The expulsion of pus from the pimple.
The true synonym
extrusion
Same sentence, swapped: The extrusion of pus from the pimple.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- tweak
- pinch
- communication
Where expulsion turns up in the game
expulsion is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play expulsion
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so expulsion reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Closest first: other actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. expulsion carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.