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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
  • In Kyiv, Kushner spoke about the war in tidily transactional language, acknowledging little of the bloodshed and destruction that Putin’s invasion has wrought.
    — Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And an unconquered Ukraine will, by fighting or by remembering the horrors of Russia’s invasion, pose an enduring strategic challenge for Russia.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of invasion
Noun
  • 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
  • Eddings’ comments prompted an argument with Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol that led to Marmol’s ejection.
    — Michael Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejection
Noun
  • One is a draft vote to shut the center down, asserting the building is unsafe for occupancy.
    — Mike Catalini, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Sometimes the biggest operational question is not occupancy or pricing.
    — Thomas Despin, Forbes.com, 14 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
  • Recently, the Justice Department issued a Statement of Interest about copyright infringement litigation in the Southern District of New York.
    — Vivek Shah, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The technology is racing ahead of regulation, Fan said, making Chinese judges ill-equipped to deal with the deluge of cases involving individual face protections and digital infringement.
    — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of infringement
Noun
  • The lawsuit also sought to block roving patrols making stops and arrests based solely on race, language and occupation, and to protect access to counsel rights for people in detention.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
  • For their critics, understanding it as a response to the brutal occupation precluded calling it evil.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of occupation
Noun
  • Pritchard will prioritize protecting the county’s farmland from floods and urban encroachment.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Given this expanding electronic kit bag, various stakeholders—from government agencies to local police, under the pretext of public safety—perpetuate the systemized encroachment on citizens’ private worlds.
    — David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 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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