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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb evict has 2 senses
- evict(v = verb.contact) Array - expel or eject without recourse to legal process; "The landlord wanted to evict the tenants so he banged on the pipes every morning at 3 a.m." is one way to boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out
- evict(v = verb.contact) force out - expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months" is one way to boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out
Derived form noun eviction1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derived form noun eviction2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
CIDE DICTIONARY
evict, v. t. [L. evictus, p. p. of evincere to overcome completely, evict. See Evince.].
- To dispossess by a judicial process; to dispossess by paramount right or claim of such right; to eject; to oust. [1913 Webster]"The law of England would speedily evict them out of their possession." [1913 Webster]
- To evince; to prove. Cheyne. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
evict, v.tr. expel (a tenant) from a property by legal process.
Derivative
eviction n. evictor n.
Etymology
L evincere evict- (as E-, vincere conquer)
THESAURUS
evict
boot out, chase, chuck, cut off, disendow, disherison, disinherit, dislodge, dismiss, disown, dispossess, disseise, eject, expel, expropriate, extrude, force out, foreclose, kick out, oust, out, put out, remove, shut out, throw out, toss out, turn out, unhouse, unkennelROGET THESAURUS
evict
Ejection
VB give exit, give vent to, let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out, dispatch, despatch, exhale, excern, excrete, embogue, secrete, secern, extravasate, shed, void, evacuation, emit, open the sluices, open the floodgates, turn on the tap, extrude, detrude, effuse, spend, expend, pour forth, squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop, perspire, breathe, blow, tap, draw off, bale out, lade out, let blood, broach, eject, reject, expel, discard, cut, send to coventry, boycott, chasser, banish, bounce, fire, fire out, throw, throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside, push, throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside, shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away, brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away, discharge, send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift, turn out, bundle out, throw overboard, give the sack to, send packing, send about one's business, send to the right about, strike off the roll, turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop, pack off, send away with a flea in the ear, send to Jericho, bow out, show the door to, turn out of doors, turn out of house and home, evict, oust, unhouse, unkennel, dislodge, unpeople, dispeople, depopulate, relegate, deport, empty, drain to the dregs, sweep off, clear off, clear out, clear away, suck, draw off, clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge, embowel, disbowel, disembowel, eviscerate, gut, unearth, root out, root up, averuncate, weed out, get out, eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off, exenterate, vomit, throw up, regurgitate, spew, puke, keck, retch, heave, upchuck, chuck up, barf, belch out, cast up, bring up, be sick, get sick, worship the porcelain god, disgorge, expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber, eructate, drool, unpack, unlade, unload, unship, offload, break bulk, dump, be let out, spew forth, erupt, ooze.
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