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oust

  [oust]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to expel or remove from a place or position occupied: The bouncer ousted the drunk; to oust the Prime Minister in the next election.
2. Law. to eject or evict; dispossess.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < AF ouster to remove, OF oster < L obstāre to stand in the way, oppose (ob- ob- + stāre to stand )

Synonyms:
1. eject, banish, evict, dislodge.
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tr.v.   oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts
  1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" (Virginia S. Eifert).
  2. To take the place of, especially by force; supplant. See Synonyms at eject.

[Middle English ousten, from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre, to hinder; see obstacle.]
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