as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Recent Examples of dispossess
Hamas took power in 2007, decades after Israel began dispossessing Palestinians and, at times, quietly enabled Hamas to weaken the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Just before halftime, Garcia dispossessed a Charlotte defender high up the field to create a three-on-two situation.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
In The Stolen Heart, Samson sees Red Army soldiers violently dispossessing a middle-class family on that same street.
—Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
Under apartheid, Black South Africans were forcibly dispossessed of their lands for the benefit of Whites.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Just before halftime, Garcia dispossessed a Charlotte defender high up the field to create a three-on-two situation.
—Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2025
In The Stolen Heart, Samson sees Red Army soldiers violently dispossessing a middle-class family on that same street.
—Uilleam Blacker, The Atlantic, 4 June 2025
Under apartheid, Black South Africans were forcibly dispossessed of their lands for the benefit of Whites.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for dispossess
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossess
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Westmoreland—who also, to be fair, had a habit of not charging friends for many drinks at all—was evicted from the subway location in 2001.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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That was a remarkable turnaround from a player who appeared poised to be the first person evicted out of the house.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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This involves labeling people according to categories that deprive them of positive human qualities.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
2 Oct. 2025
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The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday estimated that a shutdown could furlough roughly 750,000 federal workers each day, depriving them of about $400 million in wages daily.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Dispossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossess. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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