dispossess

[dis-puh-zes] / ˌdɪs pəˈzɛs /

VERB

deprive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

evict

STRONG

appropriate eject expel expropriate oust

WEAK

put out throw into the street

Antonyms

STRONG

give keep take in

Example Sentences

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Now the dispossessors of the Devil came to the front again long enough to whet the animosity between Puritans and Anglicans in Lancashire.

From A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Notestein, Wallace

Jackson was a far better man than Raoul, but they were both on the same side, the side of the dispossessors.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

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