as in dismissed
to drive or force out
drummed out of the service for conduct unbecoming an officer
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for drummed (out)
Verb
-
Arkansas coach Sam Pittman was fired Sunday, and defensive coordinator Travis Williams, co-defensive coordinator Marcus Woodson and defensive line coach Deke Adams were dismissed Monday.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025 -
Pushed to extremes While footage and photographs of starving Palestinians in Gaza have horrified audiences abroad, inside Israel they have been dismissed by many as manipulated or untrue.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
After a confrontation with officials, Reeve was ejected and later fined by the WNBA for criticizing officials during a postgame news conference.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
-
When a foul wasn’t called on the play, Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve charged the court to challenge a referee and was ejected from the game.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
Last year, the singer-songwriter was outed by an ex on social media.—
Jeff Nelson,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
-
The burger diner chain, on social media, outed itself as being behind a billboard in Nashville, Tennessee, calling for the ouster of Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
23 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
Security guards quickly chased after the man while Ne-Yo continued his performance.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
29 Sep. 2025
-
The former chased the latter all afternoon and generated the plotline everyone on the terraces came for.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
In the solar system, the dance of the giant planets cast out a wealth of material.—
Nola Taylor Tillman,
Space.com,
8 Sep. 2025
-
Liz Cheney was cast out of House leadership and lost her Wyoming seat after defying Trump on January 6.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
-
The girl only makes selfless wishes, and Iblis is banished to his lamp for a millennia for his failure.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
-
Payton clearly doesn't think the play needs to banished for player safety reasons.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
The argument about, well, [Stephen Colbert] got kicked out for low ratings, that just doesn’t play out.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
-
The boys — then ages 8, 10 and 12 — were kicked out after other school parents found out about the OnlyFans content created by Jackson and her husband.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
-
The Eagles then ran off 16 wins over its next 17 games, capped by a Super Bowl win.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
25 Sep. 2025
-
Upon touching down, the plane did not have sufficient runway to stop and ran off the end of the runway.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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.
Cite this Entry
“Drummed (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drummed%20%28out%29. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share