ousted

verb

past tense of oust
1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out she was ousted from her job after it was proven she'd been pilfering company supplies

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2
as in deposed
to remove from a position of prominence or power (as a throne) the people finally rose up and ousted the corrupt dictator

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3
as in evicted
to end the occupancy or possession of the squatters were forcibly ousted from the abandoned building

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Recent Examples of ousted His fortunes changed after Maduro was ousted from power in January. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 Taking the Long Way, more than anger or defiance, zeroes in on the sting of being ousted from your own home. — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2026 Machado gave Trump her Nobel medal shortly after the United States ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro. — Stefanie Dazio, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026 Back then, Fazilah’s family fled to neighboring Pakistan, returning only after the Taliban were ousted in 2001. — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026 After declining sales Akeroyd was ousted in 2024, and Joshua Schulman was brought in. — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026 The election could see President Emmanuel Macron ousted by either a far-right or far-left successor, raising questions over the country’s commitment to fiscal discipline. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 Since France's July 2024 snap election delivered no parliamentary majority, budget disputes have sparked political discord, with two administrations being ousted in no-confidence votes. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026 He was ousted by Davis in favor of producer Stanley Jaffe and sued the studio, winning a settlement estimated as high as $20 million. — Richard Natale, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ousted
  1. dismissed
  2. deposed
  3. evicted
  4. ejected
  5. sacked
  6. deprived
  7. outed
  8. toppled
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  • Conversely, Morio is desperate to have kids, but any effort to discuss the topic with his wife is quickly dismissed.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Prosecutors, for example, have portrayed Coq Thélot, as a justice who had been dismissed by Moïse.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • The Turkish government was deposed in a military coup in 1980, and in the aftermath, the CHP (along with every other party) was banned from politics.
    — Nick TaborAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Paxton wasn't a defendant in the suit, but as the company's former attorney, he was deposed in 2019 and in 2022.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of deposed
Verb
  • 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 unexpectedly on Wednesday, two weeks after she was evicted.
    — Joseph Wilson, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of evicted
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  • Wilson was neither ejected from the game nor subject to further discipline afterward.
    — Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The 15 people who remained in the wagon were all ejected, while the driver was pinned underneath the tractor and dragged several yards, the sheriff's office said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ejected
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  • And though his teammates were also lackadaisical when Daniels was sacked, the fact the quarterback went down with the ball in his hands with no timeouts in the first place is a real issue that Parsons believes trumps any other argument.
    — Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The game ended when Herbert was sacked after the Chargers moved to the Broncos’ 40-yard line, and time expired.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of sacked
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  • The absence of Tom Hagen is glaring, as is the loss of Sonny Corleone, whose death in the original film deprived the third installment of another defining character from the Corleone family.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the high court's 7-2 decision in 2019 that the removal of Black prospective jurors deprived Flowers of a fair trial.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of deprived
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  • 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
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  • The series follows the Canadian team’s historic run to the World Cup final, where they were ultimately toppled by host country England, going down 33-13 in front of a sellout crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham Stadium in South West London.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The team with the third-lowest payroll in Major League Baseball had toppled the team with the third-highest payroll, on that night and in the division.
    — Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of toppled

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“Ousted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ousted. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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