dispossess

Verb

Meaning

To put out of possession; to deprive of the actual occupancy of, particularly of land or real estate; to disseize; to eject; -- usually followed by of before the thing taken away; as, to dispossess a king of his crown.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rob fire turn-out remove lose strip exile deny bare bankrupt bounce expel displace deprive cheat
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Antonyms

own provide allow give retain accommodate
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Hypernyms

strip deprive divest

Phrases with the word

to dispossess

Derivatives

dispossessed Dispossessing

Examples

Accelerating immigration, both Mexican and foreign, increased pressure on the Alta California government to seize the mission properties and dispossess the natives in accordance with Echeandía's directive. Source: Internet

Brut y Tywysogion pp. 155–6 Joan was able to persuade her father not to dispossess her husband completely, but Llywelyn lost all his lands west of the River Conwy. Source: Internet

McSpadden died a few years ago, and Shipley said the McSpadden heirs want to dispossess themselves of the remaining lots: 37, 57 and 76. Source: Internet

Never by slaughter dispossess souls that are kin and nourish blood with blood! Source: Internet

If the marauders did not stay to permanently dispossess them of grazing areas, the fleeing clan might return to rebuild in a day or two. Source: Internet

If the considerable power of the Port Authority is allowed to dispossess the merchants of Radio Row, then, it is our conviction, no home or business is safe from the caprice of government. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

dispositor disposophobia disposophobic dispossessed dispossessed person dispossessedness