EVICTING Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

evicting

verb

present participle of evict

as in banishing

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 evicting Now that same board is evicting Aust and nearly 100 other patients from the Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease. — Megan De Mar, CBS News, 29 June 2026 But in 2023, Kenya’s government began evicting them again, citing a new justification. — Buket Altınçelep, The Conversation, 12 June 2026 Just months into the pandemic, Matthew Haines, like landlords across the country, learned he was barred from evicting tenants who didn’t pay their rent under a federal eviction moratoriumthat lasted almost a year — costing him and his investors over $1 million. — Michael Casey, Fortune, 3 May 2026 The homeowners were in the process of evicting Jennifer Crouse and John Crouse, who was 70 at the time, police wrote in the affidavit. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026 Several landlords who own similar apartment buildings in the city have described an upswing in nonpaying tenants since the pandemic and greater difficulties in court evicting nonpayers. — Jc Reindl, Freep.com, 19 Feb. 2026 Prince Andrew became Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, and Charles also began the process of evicting him from the royal estate at Windsor. — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 19 Feb. 2026 The city tossed a curve at the Oilmen last month, evicting them from the Oil City Stadium, their home for the past 15 years. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026

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But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Between the trauma his father inflicted on him, banishing him, calling him weak, giving him a scar and pitting him against his sister — along with his mother being taken — Zuko gives into his darker impulses.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

Definition of banishing

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After dismissing Cora and his staff, the Red Sox have surged back into playoff contention with the trade deadline looming.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
De Vries barely looked at it, dismissing the message as spam or phishing without reading past the first few lines.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 July 2026

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The anti-Zionist project of ending Israel’s existence as a Jewish state implies killing, subjugating, or re-exiling more than half of the world’s Jewish population.

— David Frum, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
Ruthlessly exiling those players sent a clear message about the importance of squad harmony, but arguably handed the leverage in negotiations to buying clubs, driving down their prices and delaying their departures.

— James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025

Definition of exiling

Verb

The July 8 ruling prevents law enforcement from being able to deport migrants who swim into the territories, reversing a practice of deporting them on the spot without a legal process.

— Miguel Macias, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026
The administration wanted to claim the opposite to create a legal basis for deporting Venezuelan immigrants.

— Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of deporting

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And in April 2026 a researcher chasing Project Eleven's Q-Day Prize broke a 15-bit key on real quantum hardware.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The sluggish start mirrored Wednesday’s defeat, leaving Bay FC once again chasing the game before many fans had settled into their seats.

— Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of chasing

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Advocates say the strategy encourages more diverse applicants, like first-generation students, by removing barriers to entry and boosting awareness of the often-generous scholarships available at private institutions.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 4 Aug. 2026
Harris indicated the markets for those players were not good enough to warrant removing them from the current team.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

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