dispossess
verb (used with object)
to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
dispossesses
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present tense formof dispossess (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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He gets past the first but then Hendrix dispossesses him.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2015
But Watson, upset at looking like a haddie, chases back and dispossesses the Portuguese.
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2011
Laurent Koscielny dispossesses the Argentinian and sends the ball forward again.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 5, 2011
Oof, as I was writing that Asamoah Gyan goes close again when he dispossesses the Nigerian defence and tries to lob Vincent Enyeama.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2010
He dispossesses his begetter of all possibility of replacement, and grasps the sceptre of the world.
From An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
