disfurnishment

noun

as in invasion

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disfurnishment
  1. invasion
  2. ejection
  3. occupancy
  4. stripping
  5. infringement
  6. occupation
  7. encroachment
  8. dispossession
Noun
  • The attacks followed a week of diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to get traction for negotiations on ending Moscow's invasion that began 4½ years ago.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
  • This photograph shows a fire burning at the Dobrobut medical centre following a Russian aerial attack on Kyiv on 28 September 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of invasion
Noun
  • Stephens' hit resulted in his ejection and sparked a melee on the field while Moore was receiving immediate medical attention.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Still, the ejection and the outrage about Rincon’s hat simmered online and found its way onto the field.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejection
Noun
  • Tourism decision-makers need to think beyond hotel occupancy and visitor counts.
    — Rachel J.C. Fu, Sun Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2026
  • By night, several slapdash dwellings stood ready for occupancy.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupancy
Noun
  • That worldview has become policy, aided in part by the hollowing out of the national security workforce—now stretched thin and focused on daily operations and multiple crises—and by the stripping of its coordination functions.
    — Ariane Tabatabai, Time, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Pillows filled with cotton or polyester are also safe for laundry stripping.
    — Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
Definition of stripping
Noun
  • But that free-wheeling period of sampling came to an end as copyright infringement litigation against artist Biz Markie led to new rules around it, creating both a logistical and financial barrier to its use.
    — Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The measure allows local governments or the state to fine people $500 for their first violation of the ban, $1,000 for their second infringement and $2,000 for subsequent offenses.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of infringement
Noun
  • Justifying the use of force on their campuses, schools primarily deferred to just this idea of protocol, citing arcane policy mandates to disband encampments and occupations so that academic production could resume its flow.
    — Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • First, there’s the occupation and the violence itself that somehow becomes ‘normal’ or is viewed as normal.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupation
Noun
  • Doing so would entail repairing cracks that admit water, maintaining the foundations of each section, applying a sealant to slow the weathering process, and keeping the encroachment of vegetation in check.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Kobie Turner was whistled for encroachment with the ball inside the 1.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of encroachment
Noun
  • For them, Zionism is defined in terms of its outcomes for Palestinians, which have included displacement, dispossession, destruction and the denial of their rights.
    — Dov Waxman, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Stealing America dramatically expands this history by tracing Indigenous enslavement and land dispossession throughout the full range of American history.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of dispossession
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“Disfurnishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disfurnishment. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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