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
Starting the game in intense fashion, their decision to press Barca high up the pitch paid off as Federico Dimarco dispossessed Dani Olmo and immediately found Denzel Dumfries.
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Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
During a discriminatory apartheid government that ended in the mid-1990s, Black South Africans were forcibly dispossessed of their lands for the benefit of Whites.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
Nico Williams soon dispossessed a stumbling Harry Maguire in the United half, and almost put Maroan Sannadi clear.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Attempts to dispossess majority indigenous populations are usually violent themselves, however, and almost always run up against resistance.
—Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
During a discriminatory apartheid government that ended in the mid-1990s, Black South Africans were forcibly dispossessed of their lands for the benefit of Whites.
—Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 21 May 2025
Nico Williams soon dispossessed a stumbling Harry Maguire in the United half, and almost put Maroan Sannadi clear.
—Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Attempts to dispossess majority indigenous populations are usually violent themselves, however, and almost always run up against resistance.
—Tamir Sorek, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossess
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Jessie was evicted in a blindside, flipping the season’s power dynamic and cementing Jeff’s place as a fan favorite.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
5 July 2025
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The friend was eventually evicted from the house, according to the court documents.—
July 1,
CBS News,
1 July 2025
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Alabama last year became the first state to carry out an execution with nitrogen gas, a method that involves pumping nitrogen through a face mask and depriving the inmate of oxygen.—
Kim Chandler,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
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Permitting their unlawful removal would thwart that purpose and deprive the public of the commission's full expertise and oversight.—
Melissa Quinn
July 2,
CBS News,
2 July 2025
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“Dispossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossess. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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