as in to evict
to end the occupancy or possession of
opponents of gentrification claim that the process unfairly dispossesses poorer residents of their long-established homes
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Captain Son Heung-min, deputising for Dominic Solanke as the striker, doubled the lead 11 minutes later by dispossessing the dozing Jordan Pickford and stroking home inside the box.
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
Palmer, a revelation since joining from Manchester City in August, stroked in his first goal of the game in the 42nd after dispossessing Boro defender Daniel Barlaser on edge of the visitors’ area.
—Steve Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
If the far right wins out, as currently seems likely, Israel will continue to dispossess Palestinians from large swaths of the West Bank and build more settlements, pushing forward with the piecemeal annexation that Smotrich has spearheaded.
—Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
The Gaels slaughtered them and drove them from their homes, dispossessing them of their lands just as the British would eventually dispossess the Gaels.
—Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
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Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
Palmer, a revelation since joining from Manchester City in August, stroked in his first goal of the game in the 42nd after dispossessing Boro defender Daniel Barlaser on edge of the visitors’ area.
—Steve Douglas, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2024
If the far right wins out, as currently seems likely, Israel will continue to dispossess Palestinians from large swaths of the West Bank and build more settlements, pushing forward with the piecemeal annexation that Smotrich has spearheaded.
—Mairav Zonszein, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024
The Gaels slaughtered them and drove them from their homes, dispossessing them of their lands just as the British would eventually dispossess the Gaels.
—Saki Knafo, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Dispossess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dispossess. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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