EVICTED Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

evicted

verb

past tense of evict

as in banished

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.

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Recent Examples of evicted After 65 days in the house, Kirby was evicted just one week before the finale, coming in fourth place. — Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2026 Days before their wedding, Porizkova and Greenstein revealed that they’d been evicted from her home of six years. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Oct. 2026 Abascal is currently hospitalized at Gregorio Marañón Hospital, where she was taken on a stretcher immediately after being evicted from her apartment. — Pau Mosquera, CNN Money, 27 Sep. 2026 Smith was evicted due to the activities, claims Jane Doe 2, and moved into a second residence associated with his famous sister. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2026 Instead there is a young woman with a dismissive smile, and the authority of someone who belongs to the house because she cannot be evicted from its history. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026 When the government expanded the park in the late 1990s and early 2000s, hundreds of villagers—including Mgesi's family—were forcibly evicted from their ancestral lands. — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 Some participants lost custody of their children after they were illegally evicted. — Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026 In September 2025, Diana's appeal was denied, and two months later, they were evicted. — Olivia Young, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

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Shortly after King Charles stripped him of his titles and banished him from his home at Royal Lodge, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
Drake Baldwin banished any fears of a sophomore slump by having his first All-Star season.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of banished

Verb

Perdomo Torres was ejected from the van and thrown to the ground, breaking his leg, ankle and hand.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
Smith, who was riding in the left lane, was ejected from the bike and hit the pavement, suffering severe injuries, according to police.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ejected

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The seven Chi Phi members in question were expelled or suspended, but some of them were allowed to continue their education at the university following a monthslong Title IX investigation.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 2 Oct. 2026
Had they been found smoking grass in the school they would have been expelled or at least given detention, but no one knew that their club met in the trap room under the stage.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of expelled

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Following the meeting, the president dismissed the idea of new AI rules and reiterated his view that the industry should police itself.

— Jeff Masonand Michael Shepard Bloomberg, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Like his brother, John had at first dismissed the idea of an American being elected to the papacy.

— Scott Detrow, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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The celebrity kingmaker had finally been officially exiled from the royal court.

— Lindsey Weber, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
The outlet notes that at the same referendum, male heirs of Italy’s last king (aka sons of the Savoy family) were exiled and barred from ever entering the country.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of exiled

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Human Rights Watch’s report says some people deported to third countries face detention, abuse and the prospect of persecution.

— Mark Banchereau, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Human Rights Watch's report says some people deported to third countries face detention, abuse and the prospect of persecution.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of deported

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Know More Private-credit firms are one of the fastest-growing borrower sets for banks, which were chased out of risky lending after the 2008 crisis but have since found their way back into the trade by lending to the firms that replaced them.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
My father, a Brazilian immigrant, chased after the man, and helped the police make an arrest.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026

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