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Verb
S:
(v)
expel
,
throw out
,
kick out
(force to leave or move out)
"He was expelled from his native country"
S:
(v)
oust
,
throw out
,
drum out
,
boot out
,
kick out
,
expel
(remove from a position or office)
"The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
direct troponym
/
full troponym
S:
(v)
excommunicate
(oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree)
S:
(v)
depose
,
force out
(force to leave (an office))
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
remove
(remove from a position or an office)
direct troponym
/
full troponym
S:
(v)
unseat
(remove from political office)
"The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat"
S:
(v)
oust
,
throw out
,
drum out
,
boot out
,
kick out
,
expel
(remove from a position or office)
"The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
S:
(v)
excommunicate
(oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree)
S:
(v)
depose
,
force out
(force to leave (an office))
S:
(v)
overthrow
,
subvert
,
overturn
,
bring down
(cause the downfall of; of rulers)
"The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"
S:
(v)
revolutionize
(overthrow by a revolution, of governments)
S:
(v)
displace
,
fire
,
give notice
,
can
,
dismiss
,
give the axe
,
send away
,
sack
,
force out
,
give the sack
,
terminate
(terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position)
"The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
S:
(v)
retire
(make (someone) retire)
"The director was retired after the scandal"
S:
(v)
superannuate
(retire and pension (someone) because of age or physical inability)
S:
(v)
pension off
(let go from employment with an attractive pension)
"The director was pensioned off when he got senile"
S:
(v)
clean out
(force out)
"The new boss cleaned out the lazy workers"
S:
(v)
furlough
,
lay off
(dismiss, usually for economic reasons)
"She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
S:
(v)
downsize
(dismiss from work)
"three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis"
S:
(v)
squeeze out
(force out)
"Some employees were squeezed out by the recent budget cuts"
S:
(v)
dismiss
,
send packing
,
send away
,
drop
(stop associating with)
"They dropped her after she had a child out of wedlock"
S:
(v)
drop
(terminate an association with)
"drop him from the Republican ticket"
S:
(v)
pull off
(cause to withdraw)
"We pulled this firm off the project because they overcharged"
S:
(v)
winkle out
(force from a place or position)
"The committee winkled out the unqualified candidates"
S:
(v)
invalid
(force to retire, remove from active duty, as of firemen)
S:
(v)
bench
(take out of a game; of players)
derivationally related form
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derivationally related form
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