as in to eject
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
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Recent Examples of evict
In summer 2001, he was told to quickly pack his bags as the sheriff was coming to evict them.
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Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Goldsmith wanted advice about a case involving an elderly painter, who had been evicted from his apartment in London.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Land Power vividly shows the lasting consequences of this redistribution of land, for instance in the case of the Cahuilla Indians of California’s Coachella Valley, a people first confined to reservations and then evicted from even those lands in the 1950s.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Months or even years can pass before the owner of the property finally succeeds in evicting the squatters.
—Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2025
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Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
Goldsmith wanted advice about a case involving an elderly painter, who had been evicted from his apartment in London.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 17 June 2025
Land Power vividly shows the lasting consequences of this redistribution of land, for instance in the case of the Cahuilla Indians of California’s Coachella Valley, a people first confined to reservations and then evicted from even those lands in the 1950s.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Months or even years can pass before the owner of the property finally succeeds in evicting the squatters.
—Chris West, Baltimore Sun, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for evict
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Cunningham, Sheldon and Sun guard Lindsay Allen were ejected from the game with about 40 seconds left before the Fever took home the victory.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
13 July 2025
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The screw-on lids can forcefully eject upon opening if food, carbonated beverages or perishable drinks like juice or milk have been stored in the bottle over time.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Vera, the daughter of a Russian father and Korean mother, may be banished to second-class citizenry.—
Mark Athitakis,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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During those frenzied years in the 1960s and 1970s, authorities banished Xi from the capital and subjected him to solitary confinement and physical abuse.—
JOSEPH TORIGIAN,
Foreign Affairs,
23 June 2025
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Since 2020, military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have expelled Western forces — including U.S. troops — and turned instead to Russia for security support.—
Jewel Bright,
NPR,
9 July 2025
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At that point, the pericarp contracts, and both the fruit and the seeds are violently expelled through the resulting hole.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
8 July 2025
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With the reciprocal tariffs, Trump is dismissing the rules governing world trade.—
Aamer Madhani,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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They have since been dismissed by the local solicitor general's office, WSB-TV reported.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
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Lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that efforts to detain and deport noncitizens based on their political beliefs violate the First Amendment’s right to free speech, the Washington Post reported.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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This week, Musk responded to Bannon’s recent calls for him to be arrested and deported with a post that sparked instant controversy on social media.—
Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
8 July 2025
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Indigenous and colonized people paid the price, dispossessed of their lands.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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He was not dispossessed at all in the match and was generally a menace to SKC’s players.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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And what of Matthias Schoenaerts’ Booker, who was exiled for betraying the Old Guard as part of a bid to cure his eternality?—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
2 July 2025
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Jorge Mas Canosa, the father of David Beckham’s co-owners at Inter Miami, Jorge and Jose, was one of many who exiled from Cuba after the rise of Fidel Castro.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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Again, don’t run: Bears will chase you, just like a dog would.—
Mike Stunson
July 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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And that’s what all three of these companies are chasing: trust, at scale.—
Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega,
semafor.com,
14 July 2025
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“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evict. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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