oust

v.驱逐;v.取代

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
oust (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity
b) to take away (as a right or authority) - bar remove
2.
to take the place of - supplant eject
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
oust (verb)
1.
to drive or force out
SYNONYMS:
banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turf (out), turn out
RELATED WORDS:
deforce, deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out; ax ( axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate
NEAR ANTONYMS:
accept, admit, receive, take, take in; welcome; entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter
oust (verb)
2.
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne)
SYNONYMS:
defrock, deprive, dethrone, displace, oust, uncrown, unmake, unseat, unthrone
RELATED WORDS:
can, cashier, discharge, dismiss, fire, muster out, remove, retire, sack; overthrow, subvert, supplant, topple, usurp; banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, drum (out), eject, expel, extrude, rout, run off, throw out
NEAR ANTONYMS:
baptize, inaugurate, induct, initiate, install, instate, invest; appoint, designate, elect
crown, enthrone, throne
oust (verb)
3.
to end the occupancy or possession of
SYNONYMS:
divest, expropriate, oust
RELATED WORDS:
deforce, evict; disfurnish, strip; bereave, deprive, disinherit; annex, appropriate, commandeer, impound, seize, take over, usurp
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