|  oust 
 
 1. remove from a position or office (Freq. 4)
 - The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
 • Syn:
 throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel
 • Derivationally related forms:
 expulsion (for: expel), ouster, ousting
 • Hypernyms:
 remove
 • Hyponyms:
 excommunicate, depose, force out
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 - Somebody ----s PP
 2. remove and replace
 - The word processor has ousted the typewriter
 • Hypernyms:
 supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supercede
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 - Somebody ----s somebody
 
 
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