OUSTING Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

ousting

verb

present participle of oust

as in dismissing

to drive or force out she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies

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as in deposing

to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator

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as in evicting

to end the occupancy or possession of the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building

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Recent Examples of ousting But the public show of confidence hasn’t quieted longstanding doubts about Collins’ chances of ousting Ossoff. — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 20 July 2026 Spain took down Les Bleus in an international tournament yet again, ousting a team that up until this point had looked unstoppable. — Alex Connor, USA Today, 15 July 2026 The story enraged campus and district officials and played a role in Stapleton’s ousting, despite a later retraction. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2026 Sixty-three countries would need to vote in favor of ousting Khan for the decision to go through. — ABC News, 19 June 2026 While the ousting immediately stunned and outraged members of the diabetes research community, Henderson’s video is in sharp contrast to the ADA’s series of statements over the past several days that tried to justify the decision. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 10 June 2026 Trump has been threatening military action in Cuba ever since ousting Maduro and then ordering an energy blockade that choked off fuel shipments to Cuba. — CBS News, 9 June 2026 After ousting Pelley, Bilton sent a memo to staffers, aiming to reassure them of his vision for the show. — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 9 June 2026 Other prominent Democrats, such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), have taken a weaker stance, instead focusing on ousting Collins to take back the Senate. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 7 June 2026

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Washington has gone from dismissing Zelensky to seeking deals of its own with Ukraine.

— Thomas Nagorski, Time, 27 July 2026
An unchecked ego further erodes psychological safety, as dismissing feedback signals that team contributions are unwelcome, creating dangerous blind spots.

— Dr. Samantha Madhosingh, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of dismissing

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Now that same board is evicting Aust and nearly 100 other patients from the Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.

— Megan De Mar, CBS News, 29 June 2026

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Based on witness statements, a jet ski allegedly struck a wake, ejecting the operator into the water, according to DEEP officials.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
In his early tenure, that tended to be doping positives, leading to ejecting some riders or teams.

— Andy McGrath, New York Times, 11 July 2026

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The museum replaced him with Sasha Suda, hiring her away from the National Gallery of Canada before sacking her following a disastrous rebrand and replacing her with Weiss, a former president of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art.

— News Desk, Artforum, 29 July 2026
But so far, the government has decided not to intervene by sacking him and has backpedalled, allowing Russia to participate.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 23 July 2026

Definition of sacking

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So, the team tested if depriving mole-rats of smell would purge the xenophobia out of them.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
All of which is to say that the Odyssey, in depriving Nolan of opportunities for his ingenuity as a screenwriter, has also pushed him toward greater filmmaking risks.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

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But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Between the trauma his father inflicted on him, banishing him, calling him weak, giving him a scar and pitting him against his sister — along with his mother being taken — Zuko gives into his darker impulses.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Definition of banishing

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At least 13 people have been confirmed killed in the aftermath of a major earthquake that struck Japan on July 28, toppling buildings and trapping workers in a shopping mall.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Together, the generals staged another coup in 2021, toppling the interim civilian government that had been in power after the fall of Bashir.

— Chris Massaro, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026

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