KICKED OUT Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked out

verb

past tense of kick out

as in dismissed

to drive or force out kicked out of the game for using bad language

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Recent Examples of kicked out During its socialist revolution, the government kicked out many foreign oil companies. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Sep. 2026 Alice has suffered numerous traumas, from her abusive boyfriend to a complicated family history, including being kicked out of the house by her dad at 14. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026 Three people were kicked out of the meeting for their outbursts related to polling locations. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Sep. 2026 More than 6 million Afghans fled to neighboring Iran and Pakistan, but both those countries have kicked out nearly all their Afghan refugees in recent years—even Afghans who arrived back in 1979, during the Soviet invasion. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026 Ospreay hit a One Winged Angel on Omega, who kicked out at one. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Once he was even kicked out of a game while coaching his kid’s flag-football game. — Mckay Coppins, The Atlantic, 27 Aug. 2026 Freedom has been in the news after he was kicked out of Wintrust Arena on Sunday night after an altercation with Sky player Natasha Cloud during the Indiana Fever-Chicago Sky game. — Ryan Canfield Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 Mary Allison Joseph, a community organizer for KC Tenants, said 24 residents were kicked out of the apartments late last week. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

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Gibson Dunn, an external law firm, investigated and dismissed Love’s complaints.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2026
Advertisement Unfortunately, some of my academic and clinical colleagues have dismissed this approach.

— David H. Rosmarin, Time, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismissed

Verb

Plate umpire Alan Porter tossed Vitello and first-base ump Jim Wolf ejected Webb, who was not pitching Friday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Days later, a former NBA player who has used the WNBA as a vehicle for anti-trans advocacy was ejected from a Chicago Sky game, after engaging in an altercation with team guard Natasha Cloud.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of ejected

Verb

The Brewers regained a two-run lead in the sixth on David Hamilton’s RBI single that chased Bradford, who gave up nine hits and three runs in 5 2/3 innings.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The Dodgers loaded the bases again in the eighth but came up empty when Muncy chased a splitter out of the strike zone on the ninth-pitch of his at-bat against reliever Didier Fuentes.

— Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of chased

Verb

Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.

— Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of outed

Verb

The film is a story about motherhood, survival and resistance that follows a young woman who’s been banished from her community.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
Any doubts over whether that deal would be concluded would have been banished as soon as Riad was taken off.

— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of banished

Verb

Consider heading all the way north along the sand for the pretty trails and quiet beach fronting Hanna Park, or go south to the quarter-mile-long Jax Beach Pier, where surfers catch waves and anglers cast out lines.

— Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
Schaldemose plays grieving widow Anna who returns to Hel Island to bury her late husband after his suicide, and is promptly cast out by the eccentric locals for being a symbol of bad luck and evil.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

Getting singled out by Sacha Baron Cohen‘s most infamous character turned out to be good publicity, not an insult, for Ed Sheeran.

— Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2026
Harry Kane Kane was England’s clutch player at the World Cup, scoring a late double to avoid a disastrous early exit against DR Congo and netting what turned out to be the decisive goal from the penalty spot in England’s epic 3-2 win over Mexico.

— Cerys Jones, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

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