oust

tr.v., oust·ed, oust·ing, ousts.

1. To eject from a position or place; force out: "the American Revolution, which ousted the English" (Virginia S. Eifert).
2. To take the place of, especially by force; supplant. See synonyms at eject.

[Middle English ousten, from Anglo-Norman ouster, from Latin obstāre, to hinder. See obstacle.]

(oust)
verb tr.

To expel from a place or position.

[From Middle English, from Anglo-French ouster, from Old French oster, from Latin obstare (to stand in the way), from ob- (in the way) + stare (to stand).]

Even though the resemblance is strong, the words oust and out have no shared history (out comes from Old English ut). Here are two interesting cousins of oust: obstetrics and obstacle. -Anu

Usage:

"The ouster of Ukraine's reform-minded Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko will deepen a political crisis in the country ..." — Simon Saradzhyan, Kiev Crisis Won't Hit Russia Ties, The Moscow Times (Russia), Apr 30, 2001. "(Treasury Secretary, Paul) O'Neill's habit of being out of the country during times of economic turmoil has led even some Republicans to call for his ouster." — James Carney, et al, Inside the Mind of the CEO President, Time (New York), Aug 5, 2002.

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verb

To put out by force: bump, dismiss, eject, evict, expel, throw out. Informal chuck. Slang boot¹ (out), bounce, kick out. Idioms: give someone the boot, give someone theheave-hoold heave-ho, send packing, show someone the door, throw out on one's ear. See keep/release.

v

Definition: expel, get rid of
Antonyms: hold, keep, retain

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IN BRIEF: To force out.

It was difficult to oust the soused jouster from the public house.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - drive ud, fordrive, fortrænge

Nederlands (Dutch)
verdrijven, verjagen

Français (French)
v. tr. - évincer (qn) de, forcer (qn) à démissionner

Deutsch (German)
v. - verdrängen, vertreiben, absetzen, berauben

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - εκβάλλω, βγάζω βίαια, διώχνω, εκδιώκω, (νομ.) εκτοπίζω

Italiano (Italian)
scacciare, mandare via, allontanare, espellere, estromettere, soppiantare, rimuovere, sloggiare, far sgombrare, espropriare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - expulsar, despedir

Русский (Russian)
прогонять

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - desalojar, expulsar, echar, desahuciar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - driva bort, tränga undan, konkurrera ut, vräka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
驱逐, 撵走, 剥夺

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 驅逐, 攆走, 剝奪

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 내쫓다, 빼앗다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 追い出す, から剥奪する, 奪う

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجرد من الملكيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮גירש, דחק ממקומו, סילק, שלל מ-‬

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