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oust

v. remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"

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Fuzzynyms (50)

exhaust, discharge, expel, eject, release

v. eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

overthrow, subvert, overturn, bring down

v. cause the downfall of; of rulers; "The Czar was overthrown"; "subvert the ruling class"

chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track

v. go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

evict, force out

v. expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"

eject, chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game"

banish, ban

v. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

remove, transfer

v. shift the position or location of, as for business, legal, educational, or military purposes; "He removed his children to the countryside"; "Remove the troops to the forest surrounding the city"; "remove a case to another court"

take out, move out, remove

v. cause to leave; "The teacher took the children out of the classroom"

decimate

v. kill one in every ten, as of mutineers in Roman armies

abolish, get rid of

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

exterminate, kill off

v. kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

suspend, debar

v. bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

erase, wipe out

v. remove from memory or existence; "The Turks erased the Armenians in 1915"

dislodge, bump

v. remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied; "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

dethrone

v. remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned"

usurp

v. take the place of; "gloom had usurped mirth at the party after the news of the terrorist act broke"

banish

v. drive away; "banish bad thoughts"; "banish gloom"

banish, relegate, bar

v. expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country"

Synonyms (2)

boot

v. kick; give a boot to

kick

v. strike with the foot; "The boy kicked the dog"; "Kick the door down"

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