· the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting

Synonym(s): expulsion, projection, ejection

Hypernym(s): propulsion, actuation

· force to leave (an office)

Synonym(s): depose

Hypernym(s): oust, throw_out, drum_out, boot_out, kick_out, expel

· terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"

Synonym(s): displace, fire, give_notice, can, dismiss, give_the_axe, send_away, sack, give_the_sack, terminate

Hypernym(s): remove

· force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

Synonym(s): rout_out, drive_out, rouse

Hypernym(s): move, displace

· press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers"

Synonym(s): crowd_out

Hypernym(s): displace

· 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"

Synonym(s): evict

Hypernym(s): eject, chuck_out, exclude, turf_out, boot_out, turn_out

· cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"

Synonym(s): squirt, squeeze_out, eject

Hypernym(s): discharge

· force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"

Synonym(s): gouge

Hypernym(s): mutilate, mar

· emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter"

Hypernym(s): emit, breathe, pass_off