expulsive
/ik-spuhl-siv/US // ɪkˈspʌl sɪv //UK // (ɪkˈspʌlsɪv) //
驱逐性的,驱逐性,驱逐式的,驱赶性的
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Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : tending or serving to expel.
Synonyms & Antonyms
as ineliminative
as ineliminatory
Examples
The "expulsive power of a new affection" is, after all, the mightiest agency in reform.
Elimination can only be secured by a proper expulsive effort.
Von Guericke, however, recognized it as such, and refers to it as what he calls "expulsive virtue."
The expulsive force of a new emotion had for the time driven out all temptation.
Occasionally, long passages in music demand that the expulsive power of the breathing apparatus be used to its limit.
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