divested 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of divestednext
as in stripped

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divested

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verb

past tense of divest
1
as in evicted
to end the occupancy or possession of unable to make their mortgage payments, they were summarily divested of their house

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2
as in rid
to set (a person or thing) free of something that encumbers the former CEO has divested himself of most of his responsibilities but will continue to work with the company as a consultant

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3
as in deprived
to take something away from he was divested of the boxing title when the fraud was uncovered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divested
  1. evicted
  2. relieved
  3. naked
  4. freed
Verb
  • Quinn Martin learned that the house evicted T’kor Clottey during the Jankie World week, and Leah Peters and Angela Murray joined them a week later after the double eviction.
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Who was evicted on 'Big Brother'?
    David Wysong, The Enquirer, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of evicted
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  • Some of the congestion was relieved several years ago when Buckeye, Maricopa County and ADOT decided to make the intersection a four-way stop as opposed to a two-way stop.
    Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Cardona said at the time that four million people have had debt relief in the last three years, and that one in ten student borrowers have had their debt relieved—around $160 billion.
    Nik Popli, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of relieved
Adjective
  • Five people have been arrested after a 2-year-old was found naked and locked in a cage in Kentucky home littered with feces, police say.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Six weeks later, her naked body was found by hunters in Ozark National Forest.
    Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of naked
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  • The team’s next goal is to explore how plant life colonizes landscapes that have recently been freed from ice, and to predict how this process might unfold in the future.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said she was freed after over four months of efforts from Iraqi government agencies working with American and Jordanian authorities.
    Nechirvan Mando, Michael Rios and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN, 4 Oct. 2024
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