oust
owst
- v remove from a position or office
The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds - v remove and replace
The word processor has ousted the typewriter
- And they seek to oust Liberal preachers who interpret the scriptures in the light of modern thought.
- Now he says the dictator doesn't seem to have weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and that trying to oust Saddam is "extremely dangerous.
- Zimbabwe President ROBERT MUGABE, in a rare interview, depicts himself as an African hero battling imperialism and foreign attempts to oust him from power.