Thesaurus results for DISPOSSESSING

dispossessing

verb

present participle of dispossess

as in evicting

to end the occupancy or possession of opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of dispossessing Mandi was in control of the ball, going nowhere fast, and there was little prospect of dispossessing him from Messi’s position. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 17 June 2026 How a state comes to control another land and its people, sometimes slowly dispossessing the natives of their lands, sometimes laying waste to them, sometimes committing genocide. — Philip Metres august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for dispossessing

Verb

One of the attractions of self-storage as a business is that evicting stuff is easier than evicting people.

— David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
In 1968 Britain considered evicting the family by force, with declassified documents showing a plan to raze the fort.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of evicting

Verb

The rare condition causes the carotid artery inside the skull to narrow or close, depriving the brain of oxygen.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2026
The pandemic closed the Vatican Museums for months, depriving the Holy See of one of its main sources of revenue.

— Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of depriving

Verb

Black Zombie uncovers the Haitian roots of the zombie, exposing how Western cinema transformed spiritual tradition into horror while stripping it of identity, agency, and history.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Even stripping out the distortion from last year’s water and car tax hike, the inflation rate for these energy intensive categories has actually fallen this year.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of stripping

Browse Nearby Words

dispossesses

dispossessing

dispossession

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Dispossessing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossessing. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of dispossessing

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

compendious

Popular in Grammar & Usage

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

More Commonly Mispronounced Words

Why do we use apostrophes to show possession?

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

'A' or 'an'? What about before 'h'? An Indefinite Article Guide

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Back to School Vocabulary

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Why do we say 'fly off the handle'?

Popular

Do You Need a New Language Peeve?

The Longest Long Words List

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Games & Quizzes