ousted
Thrown from power
Ousted is the past tense of oust, meaning forcibly removed from a position or place.
Someone ousted from power has been expelled, typically by others acting collectively or through formal process: The board ousted the CEO after the scandal.
The word implies unwilling departure—you don't oust someone who leaves voluntarily.
Removed from power
- unseatedRemoved from position
- deposedRemoved from authority
- toppledCaused to fall
- usurpedSeized authority illegally
supplanted · overthrown · removed · displaced · dislodged · uncrowned · demoted · stripped
Forcibly removed
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- dismissedReleased from duty
discharged · booted · purged · excommunicated · exiled · cast out · driven out · thrown out
Abrupt seizure of power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
insurrection · revolt · regime change · takeover · putsch · power grab · junta · insurgency
dethroned
Removed from power
usurped · supplanted · overthrown · removed · displaced · dislodged · uncrowned · demoted · stripped · disinherited
ejected
Forcibly removed
- evictedRemoved from property legally
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
dismissed · discharged · booted · purged · excommunicated · exiled · cast out · driven out · thrown out · kicked out
coup
Abrupt seizure of power
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
mutiny · insurrection · revolt · regime change · takeover · putsch · power grab · junta · insurgency · sedition
- oustedfired, axed, sacked, canned, terminated
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- rejection wordsrejected, rebuffed, spurned, snubbed, refused
- recall electionsrecall election, recall petition, recall vote, recall campaign, removal from office
- removedremoved, taken out, eliminated, deleted, erased
- discardeddiscarded, threw away, tossed, trashed, dumped