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booted (out)

verb

Definition of booted (out)next
past tense of boot (out)
as in ejected
to drive or force out the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for booted (out)
  1. ejected
  2. dismissed
  3. outed
  4. chased
  5. cast out
  6. banished
  7. kicked out
  8. ran off
Verb
  • Montana captain Peyton Wing was ejected for targeting following a hit on Atkinson early in the second quarter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • One passenger was fully ejected from the bus and another was partially ejected, police said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • In California, a federal judge this month dismissed the administration’s challenge to school sports policies allowing transgender athletes to compete on teams matching their gender identity.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Netanyahu dismissed the allegations, and is suing Levi and several other Israelis who have made similar charges.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of outed
Verb
  • Chandler was chased after four innings while allowing three runs in his start.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Could the left groin tightness that chased Blake Snell from his last start after an inning linger into the postseason?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • Lamashtu said something the patriarch couldn’t abide, and for that she was cast out of polite divine society forever and sent to make chaos among mortals.
    — Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Some hoped that labels would confront the culture of misogyny in an ecosystem that critics have long said has gone unchecked and cast out predators among their ranks.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • Now, after King Charles stripped her and Andrew of the titles of Duke and Duchess of York and banished them from Royal Lodge, Fergie is reportedly seeking a face-to-face meeting with Charles.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In this charming graphic novel, the mischievous Norse god Loki gets banished to mid-Guard—AKA Earth—as punishment and must adjust to a month of life as an 11-year-old boy and document his journey in a journal.
    — Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • Most of the time, those kicked out receive a criminal trespass warning.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The puck then kicked out to Matthew Tkachuk, who sent the pass to Brady Tkachuk in the left circle.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of kicked out
Verb
  • Corona del Mar took possession and ran off the one second to win.
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The gunman ran off west on Eastern Parkway and was still being sought by authorities Saturday.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of ran off
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“Booted (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/booted%20%28out%29. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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