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dispossess
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  • He was well aware how much I prized my refuge by the side of my old aunt, and he determined to dispossess me of it.†  (source)
  • A robbery would be a relief since it would dispossess my mind of the fear of something else.†  (source)
  • To-morrow some other little problem may be submitted to my notice which will in turn dispossess the fair French lady and the infamous Upwood.†  (source)
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  • Hers too, was an ancient, age-old feat The fear of being dispossessed.†  (source)
  • Will you do as I ask, or will you dispossess me and lead the Varden yourself?†  (source)
  • As far as Leila was concerned, the valley represented an act of colonial theft and dispossession.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-sion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in admission from admit, discussion from discuss, and invasion from invade.
  • It felt oddly dispossessing, being handed this first legal proof of my personhood: until that moment, it had never occurred to me that proof was required.†  (source)
  • Or putting dispossesses under the door because you never actually see him.†  (source)
  • Restless Amata lay, her swelling breast Fir'd with disdain for Turnus dispossess'd, And the new nuptials of the Trojan guest.†  (source)
  • Especially when we handed him the following typewritten rules and regulations for the Secret Annex (a van Daan production): PROSPECTUS AND GUIDE TO THE SECRET ANNEX A Unique Facility for the Temporary Accommodation of Jews and Other Dispossessed Persons Open all year round: Located in beautiful, quiet, wooded surroundings in the heart of Amsterdam.†  (source)
  • I'll tie a dispossess bomb to your tails that'll blow you out in the street!†  (source)
  • I had resolved to be calm about my dispossession, to keep my mind on the goal I had given myself.†  (source)
  • Unquestionably, when it came to dividing, dismantling, dismembering, desolating, detaching, dispossessing, destroying, or dominating, Mama Elena was a pro.†  (source)
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