rousting

present participle of roust
as in waking
to force (someone or something) to move from a place The soldiers were rousted from their beds before sunrise.

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“Rousting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rousting. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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