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Noun forcing out has 1 sense
- expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
--1 is a kind of propulsion, actuation
--1 has particulars: | belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation; belching; coughing up; spit, spitting, expectoration; vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking |
Verb force out has 8 senses
- depose, force out - force to leave (an office)
--1 is one way to oust, throw out, drum out, boot out, kick out, expel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate - terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
--2 is one way to remove
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
- rout out, drive out, force out, rouse - force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- displace, force out - force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
--4 is one way to move, displace
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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- evict, 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"
--5 is one way to expel, eject, chuck out, exclude, throw out, kick out, turf out, boot out, turn out
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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- squirt, force out, squeeze out, eject - cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
--6 is one way to discharge
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- gouge, force out - force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes"
--7 is one way to mutilate, mar
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- force out - emit with force of effort; "force out the air"
--8 is one way to emit, breathe, pass off
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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