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deportation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of deportation

the forced removal from a homeland

the deportation of the Jews from Spain in 1492

Synonyms of deportation

banishment, displacement, exile, expatriation, expulsion, relegation

Words Related to deportation

diaspora, dispersion, scattering

emigration, migration

ethnic cleansing, transportation

dispossession, ejection, ouster

Near Antonyms of deportation

repatriation, return

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