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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The case was ultimately dismissed and Levine has denied sending the messages.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Faye dismissed Sonko as prime minister earlier this year, but Sonko’s party retained its large majority in parliament, and he was elected president of the National Assembly soon after.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of dismissed

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The bright light attracts massive swarms of flying insects, chased by birds, which unwittingly get instantly vaporized mid-air by the invisible, high-temperature beams.

— Indrabati Lahiri, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
Chicago chased outside the strike zone at a 36 percent clip against Brown, who threw 67 percent of his pitches for strikes.

— Chandler Rome, New York Times, 26 July 2026

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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
As such, the light cast out from its surface some 250 years ago is only now reaching Earth, having traveled for centuries through the near vacuum of space at the speed of light — a blistering 186,282 miles per second (299,791 kilometers per second).

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of cast out

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Earlier this month, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) reiterated that Miller, like any other congressman, should be able to go through the House ethics committee process instead of getting kicked out of the House GOP caucus.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
Shida followed up with a meteora, and Maya barely kicked out.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 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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