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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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for drummed (out)
  1. dismissed
  2. ejected
  3. outed
  4. chased
  5. cast out
  6. banished
  7. kicked out
  8. ran off
Verb
  • In California, a federal judge this month dismissed the administration’s challenge to school sports policies allowing transgender athletes to compete on teams matching their gender identity.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Netanyahu dismissed the allegations, and is suing Levi and several other Israelis who have made similar charges.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissed
Verb
  • Oli Marmol was later ejected after sticking up for Rincon, who was making his MLB debut.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Marmol then came out of the dugout to confront Eddings and was ejected during the Rockies’ five-run inning.
    — Michael Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of ejected
Verb
  • Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of outed
Verb
  • The man, identified as 22-year-old Rohit Rohit, chased Thakur down outside a Panera and shot her multiple times, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Operators that mastered complexity while others chased appearances.
    — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • These will show whether the vote was a watershed moment in the demise of an anti-fascist consensus dating back to World War II, or the latest in a series of elections worldwide in which frustrated voters simply cast out incumbents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • These are sons and daughters and children cast out, disappeared from their communities and forced to make a life in the shadows of society.
    — Tembe Denton-Hurst, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of cast out
Verb
  • Their situation is nothing like that of Prince Andrew, for example, who was stripped of all his titles and has now been banished to Sandringham.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Characters banished or murdered early in one version emerge victorious in another.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • But calls for Israel to be kicked out have swelled over the conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • As Unifrance Rendez-Vous kicked out yesterday and with its sales team attending, MIAM!
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of kicked out
Verb
  • Washington — The two pilots of an Amazon Air cargo jet escaped their Boeing 767 with minor injuries last week at Miami International Airport after the plane ran off the end of a runway, striking two vehicles and killing five people.
    — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Reed started 10 shots behind and ran off six birdies in 10 holes, but none after that, to tie for second and expand his lead over McIlroy in the Race to Dubai.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of ran off
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“Drummed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drummed%20%28out%29. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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