rousting

verb

present participle of roust
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rousting
  1. waking
  2. awakening
  3. rousing
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  • That’s a fitting philosophy for The Unknown, a movie in which another life is not a metaphor but a waking nightmare.
    — Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Smoke alarms sounded inside the home, waking the family and giving everyone time to get out safely, Metro Fire said.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of waking
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  • Back in present day, John has managed to exhume Hal’s body and retrieve the decommissioned power ring, awakening the Halogram to get his help opening the lockbox in the storage unit.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Across the way, awakening Uranus shakes your 2nd House of Resources, and this opposition asks your personal values to speak up.
    — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of awakening
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  • Bremen has received more acclaim than Model for its 4-0 start, partly because of a rousing 38-19 victory in its opener against four-time reigning Class A champion Bowdon.
    — Todd Holcomb, AJC.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • The founder of the nation’s largest United Methodist church, Hamilton received a rousing welcome from scores of people who crammed into a Topeka coffee shop to see him Tuesday.
    — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of rousing
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“Rousting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rousting. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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