DRUMMED (OUT) Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

drummed (out)

verb

past tense of drum (out)

as in dismissed

to drive or force out drummed out of the service for conduct unbecoming an officer

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But that conviction was dismissed after the revelation that a juror in the trial had not disclosed a domestic violence incident in her own background in order to win a seat on the panel, The Denver Post reports.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026
Defense attorneys also should not be able to reference the felony charges dismissed after video showed agents’ falsehoods.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026
Lagaʻaia, a 19-year-old from Sydney, Australia, was cast out of thousands to play — in her first major film role — the flesh-and-blood version of the chieftess-to-be first voiced by Cravalho.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

Definition of cast out

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Ransoms were paid, with Carlos taking much of the $50 million himself, leading him to be banished from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 1 Aug. 2026
Most of us reach for breezy linen pants and flowy maxi dresses during summer, leaving our denim banished to the back of the closet.

— Shea Simmons, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026

Definition of banished

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Once Slater left practice and Pipkins kicked out to left tackle, Kayode Awosika took over at left guard with the first team.

— Daniel Popper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
An impromptu protest ensued outside the Tarrant County Commissioners Courtroom on Tuesday after County Judge Tim O’Hare kicked out all members of the public from the meeting for disrupting decorum.

— Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of kicked out

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The bear ran off, and first responders found the woman with non-life-threatening injuries, the Anchorage Police Department said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 July 2026
In the run-up to the 2010 World Cup, Spain ran off a 35-game unbeaten streak, which matched the longest in history at the time.

— Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of ran off

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