force out

Make them leave

Force out means to compel someone or something to leave a position or place.

A CEO may be forced out by the board, a tenant forced out by rising rent.

In baseball, a force out is a play where a runner must advance and is put out when a fielder with the ball touches the base first.

banish

exile

Banishment from homeland

excommunicate · shun · blacklist · proscribe · outcast · pariah · castaway · disown · repudiate · marginalize

eject

expel

Remove forcibly from membership

launch · discharge · jettison · spew · erupt · emit · squirt · extrude · belch · gush

oust

depose

Remove from authority

topple · remove · dismiss · supplant · usurp · coup · defenestrate · displace · dispossess · purge

dislodge

pry

Lever or snoop

uproot · displace · detach · loosen · disengage · free · release · lever · unstick · withdraw

evict

landlord

Property owner renting out

  • tenantOne who rents property
  • leaseTemporary use contract
  • rentPayment for temporary use

arrears · notice · unlawful detainer · court order · sheriff · lockout · possession · foreclosure · dispossess · vacate

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Opposites
voluntariness of departure

force outresign

Voluntarily leave office

quit · step down · retire · bow out · walk away

direction of movement/action

force outbring in

Cause to arrive

retain · take in · let in · recruit · hire

coercion vs. welcome

force outembrace

Hold closely in arms

accept · include · shelter · harbor · receive

Family

force, out, forced, forceful, enforce, forces, enforced, forcing, forcefully

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