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How to pronounce ouster in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms ousting
Type of ejection, expulsion, exclusion, riddance
Has types dethronement, deposition
Type Words
Synonyms ejector
Type of individual, soul, someone, somebody, person, mortal
Derivation oust
Type Words
Type of eviction, legal ouster, dispossession

Examples of ouster

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There is no question some fans will call for the ouster of Coach Bruce Boudreau.
From the washingtonpost.com
The uprising came soon after the ouster of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali from Tunisia.
From the washingtonpost.com
Yet Ambassador Dell's cable-while scathing of Mr. Mugabe-didn't plot his ouster.
From the online.wsj.com
A dispute over dwarf planet Eris, led to Pluto's very public ouster as a planet.
From the latimes.com
He was reportedly fired on Friday, but the Browns have not confirmed his ouster.
From the denverpost.com
Vincent's ouster means Larry Brown could quickly become a candidate for the job.
From the sacbee.com
Riots sparked by rocketing food prices caused the government's ouster last year.
From the washingtonpost.com
The first challenge Miss Megawati faces is the incomplete nature of that ouster.
From the economist.com
Loeb was instrumental in the ouster of the Yahoo chief executive Scott Thompson.
From the dealbook.nytimes.com
More examples
  • A person who ousts or supplants someone else
  • A wrongful dispossession
  • The act of ejecting someone or forcing them out
  • (oust) remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
  • (oust) remove and replace; "The word processor has ousted the typewriter"
  • (Ousters) In Dan Simmons' Hyperion universe, Ousters are the branch of humanity that left the Worldweb and the Hegemony, and chose instead to travel among the stars, adapting away from planetary life and the influence of the TechnoCore.
  • The Oust (Breton: Oud) is a river in Brittany, France, right tributary of the Vilaine. Its source is in the hills between Corlay and Quintin. It flows generally southeast, through the following du00E9partements and towns:
  • A putting out of possession; dispossession; ejection; Action by a cotenant that prevents another cotenant from enjoying the use of jointly owned property; Specifically, the forceful removal of a politician or regime from power; coup
  • (oustering) ousting