as in to eject
to force (someone) to leave a place
His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon. They were evicted from their apartment.
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
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 evict
Lind sought to evict the group for not paying rent.
—
Christine Pelisek, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Poor tenants unable to pay their rent claimed they were evicted; not an uncommon practice at the time, or since, but one that advantages the powerful over the weak.
—Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
The territories from which Dodik has evicted Bosnian state institutions are, not coincidentally, the same ones in which Serbian forces committed genocide against Bosniaks in the 1990s.
—Ismet Fatih Cancar, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
The British government evicted all Chagossian residents in the 1960s and 1970s to make space for the Diego Garcia base.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for evict
Christine Pelisek, People.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Poor tenants unable to pay their rent claimed they were evicted; not an uncommon practice at the time, or since, but one that advantages the powerful over the weak.
—Nic Robertson, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
The territories from which Dodik has evicted Bosnian state institutions are, not coincidentally, the same ones in which Serbian forces committed genocide against Bosniaks in the 1990s.
—Ismet Fatih Cancar, Foreign Affairs, 9 Apr. 2025
The British government evicted all Chagossian residents in the 1960s and 1970s to make space for the Diego Garcia base.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for evict
Recent Examples of Synonyms for evict
Verb
-
This pulse can trigger a process known as electromagnetic dissociation, in which a photon interacts with a nucleus, inducing internal oscillations that eject neutrons and photons.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
13 May 2025
-
The rider, a 22-year-old man from El Cajon, was ejected from the bike and pronounced dead at the scene.—
Kristina Davis,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 May 2025
Verb
-
Brown fouled out with 2:50 left in the third quarter, banished to the Phantom Zone, hanging up his cape with 20 points on 8-for-20 shooting.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
17 May 2025
-
Honestly, whoever designed this mind-numbing, incomprehensible plan should be banished to an island where they will hopefully be devoured by wildlife.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 May 2025
Verb
-
Without delay, the Taichung fired its water cannon to expel the Chinese ship from the area, the agency said.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 May 2025
-
The birds stuck around for the secretive voting process, but appeared to clear out at 3 p.m. ET, when the cardinals expelled black smoke from the chimney to indicate that a decision on the next pope is yet to be made, per USA Today.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 May 2025
Verb
-
When Trump left the presidency in 2021, the court dismissed the case as moot, leaving the constitutional provision largely untested and unresolved.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
13 May 2025
-
The announcement comes after a jury candidate was dismissed on the first day of Combs' trial due to her connection to the publishing company.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
Verb
-
The Trump administration has deported two Cubans convicted of serious crimes to an African nation, after Cuba refused to take them back.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
-
The high court also has been involved in slowing Trump’s efforts to swiftly deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members to a prison in El Salvador under an 18th century wartime law called the Alien Enemies Act.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
20 May 2025
Verb
-
Nico Williams soon dispossessed a stumbling Harry Maguire in the United half, and almost put Maroan Sannadi clear.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
-
Attempts to dispossess majority indigenous populations are usually violent themselves, however, and almost always run up against resistance.—
Tamir Sorek,
The Conversation,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
With Waltz exiled to New York, Rubio must keep striving to keep Trump and the U.S. government true to friends like Ukraine and wary of deals with Putin.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
-
His older sons had become enthusiastic crypto proponents after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol effectively exiled the family business from the mainstream financial system.—
Eric Lipton,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Verb
-
The Detroit Lions will be chasing their third straight division title despite a wave of change following the offseason departures of offensive coordinator Ben Johnson and defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn to become head coaches of the Bears and Jets, respectively.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
-
The result is a property that doesn’t chase trends but sets them.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Cite this Entry
“Evict.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/evict. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share