oust

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verb (used with object)

to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the prime minister in the next election.
Law. to eject or evict; dispossess.

Origin of oust

1375–1425; late Middle English < Anglo-French ouster to remove, Old French oster < Latin obstāre to stand in the way, oppose (ob- ob- + stāre to stand)

Related formsun·oust·ed, adjective

Synonyms for oust

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1. eject, banish, evict, dislodge.

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Related Words for ousting

fire, topple, eject, depose, sack, dislodge, remove, lose, unseat, evict, dethrone, bereave, relegate, disinherit, ostracize, rob, displace, bounce, deprive, dispossess

Examples from the Web for ousting

Contemporary Examples of ousting

There is relief at the ousting of Yanukovych but it is mixed with foreboding about what is to come.
Inside The EuroMaidan’s Circle Of Trust
Jamie Dettmer
March 10, 2014
But millions more sign-ups for health-care coverage and the ousting of Mitch McConnell?
Obamacare, Impeachment, Iran, and More Political Predictions for 2014
Michael Tomasky
December 30, 2013
But he expressed sympathy for the army's position and refused to call the ousting of Morsi a coup.
Egypt's Army and Muslim Brotherhood Are Negotiating, Says Islamist Leader
Jesse Rosenfeld
October 16, 2013
But he decided that the goal of ousting Morsi superseded any concerns about the army.
How to Take Down a President
Mike Giglio
July 17, 2013
But in the end, Mitt Romney fell short, crushing Republican hopes of ousting an incumbent they viewed as ripe for defeat.
Obama Wins Four More Years
Howard Kurtz
November 7, 2012

Historical Examples of ousting

Once in, no effort of the untamed beast could succeed in ousting him from his seat.
Parkhurst Boys
Talbot Baines Reed
In our straining to be rid of all artificiality we were ousting art and beauty too.
New York Sketches
Jesse Lynch Williams
For a whim, for a wager, for the triumph of ousting a rival.
Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Do I understand that I am to press this claim with a view of ousting these parties?
Gabriel Conroy
Bert Harte
When did he ever go down to low-water-mark, to make an ousting of tide-waiters?
The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1
Daniel Webster

British Dictionary definitions for ousting

oust

verb (tr)

to force out of a position or place; supplant or expel
property law to deprive (a person) of the possession of land

Word Origin for oust

C16: from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre to withstand, from ob- against + stāre to stand

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Word Origin and History for ousting

oust

early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Ousted; ousting.