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Definition

remove someone from a position or office against their will

or:

force someone or something out

started a campaign to oust her from office

The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds
MP3 players ousted portable CD players.
science began to oust superstition in her thinking
Soon, his own forces deserted him and he was ousted in a coup in early March.
Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
When I arrived at the theater a few mornings later, I was horrified to find that the company had drawn up a petition demanding the ousting of DeSheim.
Richard Wright -- Black Boy
Mine was not the reciprocal wish till envy stimulated me to oust Arabella.
Thomas Hardy -- Jude the Obscure
Let faith oust fact; let fancy oust memory; I look deep down and do believe.
Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
When the Professor saw Mina a smile, a positive smile ousted the anxiety of his face.
Bram Stoker -- Dracula
And in the bloodless military coup that ousted him, General Pervez Musharraf had been installed in his place.
Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin -- Three Cups of Tea
Instead of keeping close to me and trying to oust me from the slit, the curate had gone back into the scullery.
H.G. Wells -- The War of the Worlds
I knew him as a student firebrand, organizing others for curricular reform, or collecting signatures to oust an unpopular warden.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
She will need to sail home to oust Euron and press her own claim.
George R.R. Martin -- A Storm of Swords
Her windows gleamed as if they did not want him; her curtains seem to hang slily, as if they screened an ousting presence.
Thomas Hardy -- The Mayor of Casterbridge
It is the people of Iran who ousted the Shah and unanimously approved the establishment of an Islamic Republic.
Betty Mahmoody -- Not Without My Daughter
But what right had I to oust johnswort and the rest, and break up their ancient herb garden?
Henry David Thoreau -- Walden
Someone edged up to the stove of the 38th, only to be ousted.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn -- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Would Miss Crawley herself hold out; and had she not a secret longing to welcome back the ousted adversary?
William Makepeace Thackeray -- Vanity Fair
Yet he couldn't very well oust someone else.
Orson Scott Card -- Ender's Game
Wal, Madero will oust Diaz, an' then some other rebel will oust Madero.
Zane Grey -- The Light of Western Stars

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