dispossess
to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
to banish.
to abandon ownership of (a building), especially as a bad investment: Landlords have dispossessed many old tenement buildings.
Origin of dispossess
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Other words from dispossess
- dis·pos·ses·sion, noun
- dis·pos·ses·sor, noun
- dis·pos·ses·so·ry [dis-puh-zes-uh-ree], /ˌdɪs pəˈzɛs ə ri/, adjective
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How to use dispossess in a sentence
Chilton’s sonorous voice carries with it the perseverance and anguish of the dispossessed, disenfranchised and violated.
Best new audiobooks to listen to this month | Katherine A. Powers | October 18, 2021 | Washington PostDon Draper never seems to entirely dispossess himself of Dick Whitman.
Years brought wisdom, however; and he realized that to massacre or dispossess good cultivators was bad economy.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. WigramBut I fancy that she will soon dispossess it of that character, for her suspiria are not many at this stage of her life.
How many seek means, of whatever kind, to dispossess themselves of them!
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2 | Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
The Hellenizers still enjoyed the royal favour and Jonathan made no attempt to dispossess them.
Or they might have said that the nine tribes and a half could furnish quite a large enough army to dispossess the Canaanites.
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British Dictionary definitions for dispossess
/ (ˌdɪspəˈzɛs) /
(tr) to take away possession of something, esp property; expel
Derived forms of dispossess
- dispossession, noun
- dispossessor, noun
- dispossessory, adjective
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