deforce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deforce
Verb
  • Talks of a potential lease sale come as Miami-Dade continues court proceedings to try and evict the Seaquarium from the county land.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • By a vote of 3-2, the houseguests voted to evict Will.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide.
    Philip Metres August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • The initial loss of communal land places those dispossessed into precarity.
    Taeya Boi-Doku, JSTOR Daily, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Deforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deforce. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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