Synonyms and antonyms of To force someone to leave a place in British Thesaurus

drive out ()

to force someone or something to leave a place

banish (verb)

to officially order someone to leave a country or region as a punishment

send away ()

to order someone to leave a place

starve out ()

to force someone to leave a place by preventing them from getting enough food

displace (verb)

to force someone to leave their own country and live somewhere else

deport (verb)

to send someone out of a country, usually because they do not have a legal right to be there

exile (verb)

to force someone to live in a foreign country, usually for political reasons

expel (verb)

to force someone to leave a foreign country, especially for political reasons or for breaking the law

evict (verb)

to legally force someone to leave the house they are living in, usually because they have not paid their rent

hound (verb)

to force someone to leave a place or job by always being unpleasant to them

banish (verb)

often humorous to make someone go somewhere else

boot out ()

to make someone leave a place, their job, or something that they are involved in

burn out ()

to burn someone’s home so that they have to leave it

cast out ()

to force someone or something to leave a place

chuck out (informal)

informal to force someone to leave a place or a job, usually because they have done something wrong

depopulate (verb)

to cause an area to have far fewer people living in it than before

deportation (noun)

a situation in which someone is deported from a country

discharge (verb)

to be officially allowed or forced to leave an institution such as a hospital, a prison, or the army

drive (verb)

to force someone to leave a place, usually the place where they live

drum out ()

to force someone to leave an organization because they have done something bad

eject (verb)

formal to make someone leave a place, especially using physical force

ethnic cleansing (noun)

the use of violence to force people from a particular ethnic group to leave an area

evacuate (verb)

to make people leave a building because it is not safe

evacuate (verb)

to make people leave their homes because of a dangerous situation such as a war

evacuation (noun)

the process of evacuating people from a building or an area that is not safe

exclude (verb)

educationBritish to officially tell a child to leave a school because their behaviour is very bad

exclusion (noun)

educationBritish a situation in which a child is officially told to leave a school because their behaviour is very bad

expel (verb)

to officially force someone to leave a place or organization because of their bad behaviour

expel (verb)

to force a student to leave a school permanently

expulsion (noun)

an occasion when someone is officially forced to leave an organization or activity permanently because of their bad behaviour. The word for having to leave for a short time is suspension

expulsion (noun)

the permanent exclusion of a student from a school

expulsion (noun)

the act of forcing someone to leave a foreign country, especially for political reasons or for breaking the law

flush (verb)

to force a person or animal to leave a place where they have been hiding

get/be given the bum’s rush ()

to be forced to leave a place where people do not want you

get out ()

to make another person leave

get rid of ()

to make someone go away because they are annoying, unpleasant, or not wanted

ghettoize (verb)

to force a particular group of people to live in a particular area, usually in poor conditions

kick off (informal)

informal to force someone to leave a place or activity

kick out (informal)

informal to force someone to leave a place or organization

pitch out ()

to force someone to leave a place, organization etc

refoulement (noun)

the illegal practice of forcing people who have the right to be recognized as refugees to return to a country where they could be harmed

repatriate (verb)

to send someone back to the country that is legally their own

run off (American)

Americanvery informal to force someone to leave a place

run someone out of town (old-fashioned)

old-fashioned to make a criminal or a person who you do not like leave a town

see off ()

to make someone go away or leave a place, especially by chasing them

send someone packing ()

to make someone leave a place

ship off ()

to send someone somewhere, usually when they do not want to go

shoo (verb)

to tell an animal or a person to go away, especially by saying ‘shoo’ and waving your hands

show someone the door ()

to tell someone to leave, especially in a rude or angry way

smoke out ()

to force a person, animal, or insect to leave the place where they have been hiding by filling it with smoke

social cleansing (noun)

a process of forcing groups of people who are regarded as not desirable to leave an area, in some extreme cases by killing them

throw out ()

to force someone to leave a place or group

turf out ()

to force someone to leave a place or an organization

turn out ()

to force someone to leave a place, especially their home

winkle out ()

to try to make someone or something leave a place