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Synonyms for ousting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : oust
Phonetic Transcription : aÊŠst

Top 10 synonyms for ousting
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Définition of ousting

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Anglo-French oster (late 13c.), Old French oster "remove, take away, take off; evict, dispel; liberate, release" (Modern French ôter), from Latin obstare "stand before, be opposite, stand opposite to, block," in Vulgar Latin, "hinder," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). Related: Ousted; ousting.
  • verb expel, get rid of
Example sentences :
  • Once in, no effort of the untamed beast could succeed in ousting him from his seat.
  • Extract from : « Parkhurst Boys » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • In our straining to be rid of all artificiality we were ousting art and beauty too.
  • Extract from : « New York Sketches » by Jesse Lynch Williams
  • For a whim, for a wager, for the triumph of ousting a rival.
  • Extract from : « Mohawks, Volume 1 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
  • Do I understand that I am to press this claim with a view of ousting these parties?
  • Extract from : « Gabriel Conroy » by Bert Harte
  • When did he ever go down to low-water-mark, to make an ousting of tide-waiters?
  • Extract from : « The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 » by Daniel Webster
  • Whether in anticipation of his decease, or with the design of ousting him, is not clear.
  • Extract from : « The History of Cuba, vol. 1 » by Willis Fletcher Johnson
  • St. Bernard complained that the law of Justinian was ousting the law of God.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Italy » by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
  • I ask you to drink the health of one of the youngsters who are ousting us.
  • Extract from : « The Four Feathers » by A. E. W. Mason
  • The King was greatly surprised that the Virginians had dared defy him by ousting their duly appointed Governor.
  • Extract from : « Give Me Liberty » by Thomas J. Wertenbaker
  • Mr. Gladstone succeeded in ousting Lord Dalkeith from the representation of Midlothian by a respectable majority.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

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