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evictverb to force (someone) to leave a placeHis landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment. deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut outbanish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out)(chiefly British), turn outax(or axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate accept, admit, receive, take, take inwelcomeentertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter eject, expel, oust, evict mean to drive or force out.eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action.ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.a student expelled from college oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.police ousted the squatters evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.evicted for nonpayment of rent in the 15th century |