to exile
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5.6
- verb
- /ˈɛkˌzaɪl/
:
exiliar
- If they succeed, Freddy and his group will be exiled from their homeland forever.
- imprisoned and exiled
- arrested and exiled
- king was exiled
Because if you don't fit in to the tribe, they will exile you and you will die.
- Because if you don't fit in to the tribe, they will exile you and you will die.
- They were put in prison, they were hung, they were exiled.
- Or, you know, and then you're exiled, so you're no longer even in the land where that God dwells.
- That same arbiter tears apart families, exiles soldiers, and brings about raids and workplaces, cutting a cruel line.
- He kind of exiled me from Cardiff for for a good couple of months because of that, but I never took that money.
Examples
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And it's worse when one is exiled so near to home and happiness.
Fiction book (1996) -
The state had exiled his Loyalist father and had confiscated his extensive and valuable properties.
Academic text (2008) -
The party quickly moved to jail or exile most of the leaders of the movement.
Academic text (2002) -
Because if you don't fit in to the tribe, they will exile you and you will die.
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Therefore, you have been exiled in no uncertain terms.
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Many women were interrogated, imprisoned, and exiled, and some were brutally tortured.
Academic text (1998) -
Having served six years for treason in a British prison, Kildare man John Devoy is exiled to America.
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Some of the finest cigarmakers exiled from Cuba are making profitable businesses here in little Havana.
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The government decided to exile the activist for speaking out against corruption.
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After the coup, many leaders were exiled to protect their lives from the new regime.
Synonyms
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5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
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5.5
To force someone to leave a country for legal or political reasons
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6.3
Force someone to leave a place or group and not let them return
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6.2
Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them
To force someone to leave their country as punishment
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.4
A temporary group of leaders who live outside their country and plan to return to lead it
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8.8
Living apart from others inside your own country because people reject you or to avoid harm
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word exile as a verb comes from the part ex- meaning 'out', just like in exit. To exile someone is to send them 'out' of their country, often as a punishment, which is why the verb means to force someone to leave.