DEPORTATION Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

deportation

noun

ˌdē-ˌpȯr-ˈtā-shən

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the forced removal from a homeland the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492

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Recent Examples of deportation That lack of legal status might make some newborns immediately eligible for deportation. —

Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 26 June 2026 The deportation protections for about 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians was at the center of the plaintiff's case, which seeks to save Temporary Status Protection program. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 June 2026 The Supreme Court also on Thursday allowed Trump to end a humanitarian status that protected hundreds of thousands of Haitian and Syrian immigrants from deportation. —

Alex Harring, CNBC, 26 June 2026 Failing to do either puts them at risk of losing their legal status, which could lead to arrest, detention and deportation. —

Brittney Melton, NPR, 26 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for deportation

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expulsion

Noun

The poems explore themes of loss, identity, artmaking and the natural world, as well as the 1885 expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Eureka, California.

— Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 21 June 2026
The flight or expulsion of 850,000 Jews from countries across the Middle East is a story that still too often rests in silence, but even when it is told, the ideology that caused it is seldom named.

— Adam Louis-Klein, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026