KICKED OUT Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked out

verb

past tense of kick out

as in dismissed

to drive or force out kicked out of the game for using bad language

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Recent Examples of kicked out The goal came some 40 seconds after Blackhawks goalie Spencer Knight kicked out his left pad to foil Neal Pionk's attempt to convert Mark Scheifele's cross-ice pass on a two-on-one break. — CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Then, her son was kicked out of school over behavioral issues. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 15 Oct. 2026 The group contends that word bans — which can lead to people who use those words getting kicked out of meetings and potentially barred from future ones — violate First Amendment protections of free speech. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 Two of the Chi Phi brothers named in the suit were kicked out of their rugby club after the allegations came to light, a former teammate told NBC News. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026 They were once nearly kicked out of a Mastro’s Steakhouse in San Francisco because their bickering about baseball reached decibel levels that made other patrons uncomfortable. — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026 Variety spoke with Chapek to discuss his book, his legacy at Disney — and his lingering resentment about how he was kicked out. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 Maybe that guy had cheated on his girlfriend and been kicked out of the house. — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026 Most of the time, those kicked out receive a criminal trespass warning. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicked out

Verb

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

Verb

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

Verb

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

Definition of chased

Verb

Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.

— Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of outed

Verb

The Industry actress was banished from Season 2 of The Celebrity Traitors last week and has reflected on her experience on the Studio Lambert series in an Instagram post.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of banished

Verb

Lamashtu said something the patriarch couldn’t abide, and for that she was cast out of polite divine society forever and sent to make chaos among mortals.

— Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Some hoped that labels would confront the culture of misogyny in an ecosystem that critics have long said has gone unchecked and cast out predators among their ranks.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

That stint turned out to be the best stretch of the night for the Knicks.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026
Anthem, the studio’s attempt at a live-service open-world shooter, turned out more ambitious than engaging for most and was recently shuttered for good well after plans for a sweeping overhaul were aborted.

— Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026

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