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dispossessed
[dis-puh-zest] 
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dispossess
[dis-puh-zes]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deprive |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, eject, evict, expel, expropriate, oust, put out, throw into the street |
| Main Entry: | deprive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep or take away something wanted, needed |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, bare, bereave, denude, despoil, disinherit, dismantle, dispossess, disrobe, divest, dock, expropriate, hold back, lose, oust, rob, seize, skim, stiff, strip, wrest |
| Antonyms: | appropriate, bestow, confer, endow, give, indulge, offer, present, supply |
| Main Entry: | despoil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ravage, destroy |
| Synonyms: | denude, depopulate, depredate, deprive, desecrate, desolate, devastate, devour, dispossess, divest, loot, maraud, pillage, plunder, raid, rifle, rob, sack, spoil, spoliate, strip, vandalize, waste, wreak havoc, wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, improve |
| Main Entry: | discard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get rid of |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep-six, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off |
| Antonyms: | embrace, keep, retain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disinherit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut off in will of bequeathal |
| Synonyms: | bereave, cut off without a cent, deprive, disaffiliate, disown, dispossess, divest, evict, exclude, exheridate, neglect, oust, repudiate, rob |
| Antonyms: | bequeath, give |
| Main Entry: | displace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move, remove from normal place |
| Synonyms: | change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle, uproot |
| Antonyms: | leave |
| Main Entry: | eject |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or be thrown out |
| Synonyms: | banish, bounce*, bump, cast out, debar, disbar, discharge, disgorge, dislodge, dismiss, displace, dispossess, ditch, do away with, drive off, dump*, eighty-six, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eradicate, eruct, erupt, evict, exclude, expel, expulse, extrude, fire, force out, get rid of, give the boot, heave out, irrupt, kick out, kiss goodbye, oust, reject, rout, sack, send packing, show the gate to, spew, spit out, spout, squeeze out, throw overboard, turn out, unloose, vomit |
| Antonyms: | take in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | evict |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw out from residence |
| Synonyms: | boot out, bounce*, chase, dislodge, dismiss, dispossess, eject, expel, extrude, force out, heave-ho, kick out, oust, out, put out, remove, send packing, show out, show the door, shut out, toss out on ear, turn out |
| Antonyms: | admit, board, include, lease, receive, rent, take in, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deport from place |
| Synonyms: | banish, cast out, displace, dispossess, drive out, eject, evacuate, expatriate, expel, expulse, extradite, ostracize, oust, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, transport, turn out |
| Antonyms: | import, take in, welcome |
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