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 The Campus Welfare Committee evicted the two aliens within hours of receiving the complaint. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 In Spain, housing protests began in September after an 87-year-old woman, Maricarmen Abascal, was evicted following a 230% rent increase by an investment fund. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 The land the tribe inhabited before being evicted is now divided among ranchers, government agencies and a conservation nonprofit. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The board, for its part, says that the foundation could hardly host a residency at Tom House, or any other activities, after Dehner, as landlord, evicted the foundation in July. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 While your parents were together thriving, which is a great story, Sophie Cunningham and her parents were being evicted from their home during the 2008 financial crisis. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Abascal, known widely as Maricarmen, died suddenly on Wednesday two weeks after she was evicted. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026 The former couple lived together at Royal Lodge for nearly two decades before being evicted by his brother, King Charles. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 Oct. 2026 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

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These cases include the current lawsuit by CNN, MS NOW and Politico, whose journalists were banished from the White House in September.

— Jocelyn Noveck, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Some ideas stay banished, while others return in new, exciting ways, giving homes a refresh that still feels familiar.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of banished

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The safety overhaul comes less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem was ejected from the Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The theme park operator announced the extra safeguard less than two weeks after 42-year-old Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem of Atlanta died after being ejected from his seat on the Goliath coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia.

— Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of ejected

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In response, the Republican majority expelled Pearson and Jones.

— Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
Director Robert Eggers delivers a taut, terrifying period piece with this tale of a 17th-century New England family expelled from their village and stalked by a witch — a movie that also put the then-fledgling studio A24 on the map.

— David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of expelled

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The North has denied responsibility for the incident and dismissed Seoul's demand to apologize and remove its remaining mines.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Three weeks before the election, the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee dismissed the case, but the AID Coalition agreed not to buy more blocks on additional flights.

— Daniel Brook, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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Karen would absolutely be a Catherine Zeta-Jones character who has been exiled to Arrakis following a particularly contentious divorce.

— Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
Dahlan had previously been driven from Gaza by Hamas and was exiled in 2010 after a falling-out with Abbas.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of exiled

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An estimated 660,000 people have been deported in the past fiscal year, according to the Migration Policy Institute, short of the administration’s goal of 1 million annually.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
One was deported to Honduras, despite concerns about the reach of Nicaragua’s government into neighboring countries.

— Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of deported

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Quarterback Ryan Rakowski of Palos Verdes High was rolling right while being chased.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
Hayden said 32-year-old Lemark Jaramillo had chased a 17-year-old boy into the restaurant and was trying to stab him in retaliation for a fight that happened moments before at a nearby Chipotle.

— Neal Riley, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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