oust
Remove from power
Oust means to force someone out of a position or place.
The word typically applies to removing people from power or office: The board voted to oust the CEO.
It can extend to physical removal: Security ousted the hecklers from the venue.
The ousting is usually decisive and against the person's will.
Remove from authority
- toppleCause to fall
- dethroneRemove from sovereignty
- unseatRemove from position
- overthrowForcible removal from power
coup · usurp · supplant · regime change · abdication · insurgency · mutiny · rebellion
Remove forcibly from membership
- ejectThrow out forcibly
- evictRemove from property legally
- banishOfficially send away
- exileBanishment from homeland
deport · remove · bounce · dispossess · dislodge · uproot · purge · dismissal
Abrupt, curt rejection
- spurnRefuse with contempt
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- repudiateReject as having no authority
- shunDeliberately keep away
snub · blackball · ostracize · exclude · bar · block · veto · deny
Replace by force
- supersedeReplace something outdated
- displaceRemove from proper position
- replacePut something else there
- succeedAchieve a desired aim
take over · bump · usurp · substitute · outmaneuver · outcompete · surpass · eclipse
depose
Remove from authority
overthrow · coup · usurp · supplant · regime change · abdication · insurgency · mutiny · rebellion · revolution
expel
Remove forcibly from membership
exile · deport · remove · bounce · dispossess · dislodge · uproot · purge · dismissal · discharge
rebuff
Abrupt, curt rejection
shun · snub · blackball · ostracize · exclude · bar · block · veto · deny · refuse
supplant
Replace by force
- supersedeReplace something outdated
- displaceRemove from proper position
- replacePut something else there
succeed · take over · bump · usurp · substitute · outmaneuver · outcompete · surpass · eclipse
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- exclusionexclude, excluded, banned, bans, eliminate
- takeovertakeover, take over, seize power, seizure, coup d'etat
- bring downbring down, take down, pull down, tear down, knock down