to oust
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6.2
- verb
- /aʊst/
- The network only ousted him when the advertisers jumped ship.
- oust the government
- oust the president
- oust the leader
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- They float rumors of a coup by the CPC involving Wang and the Russians to oust Chang.
- But I have to say in Shatner's Papa John's, Shatty's defense, we I have gotten Papa John since he was ousted and it's not as good.
- So they had like, Republicans controlled both houses, but you had Roy Cooper because Pat McCrory got ousted.
- He said if Napoleon had not been, you know, ousted by the the decadent monarchies of Europe, we would have had we would have been on the moon.
- But if I tell people in Hollywood that I like this guy's ideas, I'm ousted.
Examples
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A dictator named Batista has just been ousted, and the rebels have taken over.
Fiction book (1997) -
The devil and his cohorts conspired to oust me from my congregation.
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How, how do you oust the founder, Papa John from his own company?
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Together, these three factors threatened to oust the regime and its clients.
Academic text (1997) -
From one provincial city to the next, reform communists ousted conservative leaders.
Academic text (1991) -
Even if I gain control, I won't be able to oust him and install my own managerial people.
Fiction book (1991) -
Democrats basically turned on Republicans and ousted Kevin McCarthy.
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The military aspects of the campaign to oust Iraq from Kuwait have dominated the discussion of the Gulf War.
Academic text (1995) -
The next day, in British elections, Winston Churchill was ousted as prime minister, and Clement Attlee succeeded him.
Fiction book (1990) -
The board of directors decided to oust the CEO after the company lost millions.
Synonyms
∞
1.5
To move something or someone away from a place
376
3.0
To force someone to leave a place, job, or group
188
5.0
Force someone to leave a place, such as a school or country, often by official order
78
4.6
To make a leader or government lose power
72
4.4
To make someone leave a job by pressure or threats
47
4.2
Force someone to leave a place
38
7.4
To remove a leader from office, often by force
20
5.8
Force someone to leave a job or organization suddenly
19
6.2
Remove someone from a position of power, often in politics
11
6.7
To remove a king or queen from power and their position
10
7.4
Make someone leave a group or job in a public, shameful way
4
6.3
Remove a leader or government from power, often by force
4
7.2
Take away power, rights, or property from someone by official order
1
8.2
Force someone to leave a place or job
1
7.4
To suddenly end someone's job or a relationship, often without warning
1
8.6
To remove someone from a job people choose by voting them out
1
9.7
To remove someone, especially a king or queen, from power
1
4.0
To force someone to leave a place, group or job
To remove someone from the job of leading a group
To stop employing someone, often suddenly as punishment
Antonyms
How Forceful
38
7.4
70
6.2
188
5.0
19
6.2
- Informal
24
7.9
87
3.3
∞
1.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word oust comes from an old French verb oster, which means 'to take away'. So to oust someone is to 'take them away' from a job or from power, often quickly or by force.