oust
verb
[ aʊst ]
• drive out or expel (someone) from a position or place.
• "the reformists were ousted from power"
Similar:
drive out,
expel,
force out,
throw out,
remove,
remove from office/power,
eject,
get rid of,
depose,
topple,
unseat,
overthrow,
bring down,
overturn,
put out,
drum out,
thrust out,
push out,
turn out,
purge,
evict,
dispossess,
dismiss,
dislodge,
displace,
supplant,
disinherit,
show someone the door,
banish,
deport,
exile,
boot out,
kick out,
give someone the boot,
defenestrate,
turf out,
out,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a legal term): from Anglo-Norman French ouster ‘take away’, from Latin obstare ‘oppose, hinder’.
