oust
[oust]
- 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.
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Origin of oust
Synonyms
See more synonyms for oust on Thesaurus.com1. eject, banish, evict, dislodge.
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Examples from the Web for ousting
Contemporary Examples
There is relief at the ousting of Yanukovych but it is mixed with foreboding about what is to come.
But millions more sign-ups for health-care coverage and the ousting of Mitch McConnell?
Obamacare, Impeachment, Iran, and More Political Predictions for 2014Michael 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 LeaderJesse Rosenfeld
October 16, 2013
But he decided that the goal of ousting Morsi superseded any concerns about the army.
But in the end, Mitt Romney fell short, crushing Republican hopes of ousting an incumbent they viewed as ripe for defeat.
Historical Examples
Once in, no effort of the untamed beast could succeed in ousting him from his seat.
Parkhurst BoysTalbot Baines Reed
In our straining to be rid of all artificiality we were ousting art and beauty too.
New York SketchesJesse Lynch Williams
For a whim, for a wager, for the triumph of ousting a rival.
Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Do I understand that I am to press this claim with a view of ousting these parties?
Gabriel ConroyBert Harte
When did he ever go down to low-water-mark, to make an ousting of tide-waiters?
The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1Daniel Webster
oust
- to force out of a position or place; supplant or expel
- property law to deprive (a person) of the possession of land
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Word Origin
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
v.
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.
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