as in waking
to force (someone or something) to move from a place
The soldiers were rousted from their beds before sunrise.
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rousing
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The use of that familiar John Williams score in the marketing implies a welcome return to the rousing spirit of the Christopher Reeve Superman films.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025 -
Demi Moore gave me a taste of her rousing Golden Globes speech at Saturday morning’s Indie Spirits brunch in Santa Monica.—
Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
6 Jan. 2025
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“Rousting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rousting. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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