casts out

verb

present tense third-person singular of cast out
as in outs
to drive or force out cast them out of the tribe for violating sacred traditions

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for casts out
  1. outs
  2. chases
  3. ejects
  4. dismisses
  5. kicks out
  6. turns out
  7. banishes
  8. runs off
Verb
  • When Schaesta Ama outs him and kicks him out of their home, Payam comes to Mansur’s aide (albeit temporarily) but does not invite him up into his caste for more than an afternoon.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
  • At first the killer is revealed to be Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and Wadsworth outs himself as FBI.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of outs
Verb
  • Mortgage interest rates are climbing faster than a squirrel scaling a tree after my dog chases it.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Be the man who chases, not the man who laughs with the group.
    — Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of chases
Verb
  • More than anything, the problem lies in the execution — as an absolutely catastrophic event effectively ejects Coulter and Fetters’ main character from his own story and into the abyss of early 2000s political turmoil.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026
  • This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 May 2026
Definition of ejects
Verb
  • If your team is afraid to name real weaknesses, or if leadership dismisses uncomfortable truths, the analysis won’t do what it’s meant to do.
    — Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismisses
Verb
  • The high-performance drivetrain has a brushless e-motor that kicks out 37 hp and 350 ft lbs of torque.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The book is structured as a quest to figure out why a class of aimless young men in late-Thatcherist Blighty get their kicks out of getting paralytically drunk and bashing one another half to death every weekend.
    — Leander Schaerlaeckens June 8, Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
Definition of kicks out
Verb
  • Seyfried turns out to be an essential aspect of You Can See Everything’s success as a film.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The much more likely outcome is that AI turns out to be, on the scale of the whole species, one of the best things that ever happened to us.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of turns out
Verb
  • New Blood introduces new twists to gameplay to capitalize on that tension; this season, the Traitors have a $15,000 bounty on their heads, money that will be added to the prize pot every time the group banishes one.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
  • That is why, when Diana falls in love with Lalo, the King simply banishes him.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of banishes
Verb
  • At first, McConnell backs toward the officers but then runs off, and law enforcement pursues him.
    — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
  • San Diego took a 2-0 lead by scoring a pair of runs off Misiorowski in the second inning.
    — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of runs off
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“Casts out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/casts%20out. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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