deforce

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deforce
Verb
  • And the mass graves of corpses evicted from San Francisco cemeteries a century ago.
    Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The outlet added that Buckingham Palace officials are urging him to leave voluntarily, as he cannot be evicted under the terms of his current lease.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Like Dunbar’s speakers, Hughes’s dispossessed have no way out, and the poem implicitly refutes optimism regarding the Great Migration and racial progress.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
  • As with the enclosures in England and Scotland, villagers were uprooted and dispossessed to make way for sheep and cattle.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 30 Sep. 2025
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“Deforce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deforce. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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