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Synonyms for evict
ɪˈvɪkt
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Princeton's WordNet
evict(verb)
expel or eject without recourse to legal process
"The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m."
Synonyms:
force outevict, force out(verb)
expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process
"The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
Synonyms:
crowd out, send away, gouge, squeeze out, rouse, give notice, drive out, give the sack, squirt, force out, dismiss, displace, can, depose, eject, sack, terminate, rout out, give the axe, fire
English Synonyms and Antonyms
evict
Banish, primarily to put under ban, to compel by authority to leave a place or country, perhaps with restriction to some other place or country. From a country, a person may be banished, exiled, or expatriated; banished from any country where he may happen to be, but expatriated or exiled only from his own. One may expatriate or exile himself; he is banished by others. Banish is a word of wide import; one may banish disturbing thoughts; care may banish sleep. To expel is to drive out with violence or rudeness, and so often with disgrace.
Synonyms:
ban, banish, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, drive out, eject, exile, expatriate, expel, ostracize, oustPreposition:
Cataline was banished from Rome; John the Apostle was banished to Patmos.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
evict(v. a.)
Synonyms:
(Law.) dispossess
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#34 | can | |
#960 | fire | |
#5429 | ban | |
#5685 | discharge | |
#8785 | squirt | |
#10518 | terminate | |
#14379 | exile | |
#15199 | sack | |
#15596 | dismiss | |
#27307 | eject | |
#29678 | rouse | |
#30867 | expatriate | |
#40027 | displace | |
#41031 | expel | |
#50455 | banish | |
#51219 | oust | |
#57767 | deport | |
#60356 | gouge | |
#64991 | evict | |
#77208 | dislodge | |
#89649 | depose | |
#213781 | dispossess | |
#258195 | ostracize |
How to use evict in a sentence?
Landlords don't want to evict tenants, i've got a mustache but I'm not twirling it as we speak.
It is forbidden to evict Jews from their homes and there will be consequences, we demand the prime minister's involvement in the matter.
While elements of the Iraqi Army have gradually been able to evict ISIS from Iraq's smaller towns and cities, the challenge of liberating Mosul was of a whole different order of magnitude, it’s a vast metropolis that had millions of inhabitants, enormous sectarian and ethnic complexity, and was the historical bastion of Sunni [ Muslim ] revanchism in Iraq. The fight was always going to be toughest in Mosul, which is why it was left for last.
I will tell you that if the whole world comes together to force us to leave Syria, they will not be able to evict us.
Translations for evict
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- أجلىArabic
- изгонвам, изселвамBulgarian
- desdonarCatalan, Valencian
- verweisen, ausweisen, vertreibenGerman
- desahuciarSpanish
- häätääFinnish
- expulser, évincerFrench
- espellere, sfrattareItalian
- 立ち退かせる, 追い出すJapanese
- verjagen, uitzettenDutch
- eksmitowaćPolish
- despejarPortuguese
- evinge, expulzaRomanian
- выгонять, изгонять, выселятьRussian
- vräka, avhysaSwedish
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