Vocab L. 20 Removal and Disposal

Sitatham P. (Thailand)
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  1. discard
    anything that is cast aside
    I discarded the empty juice box.
    Synonyms: abandon, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, free of, give up, have done with, jettison, junk*, oust, part with, protest, put by, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, sweep away, throw away, throw out, throw overboard, toss aside, write off
    Antonyms: embrace, keep, retain
  2. dispel
    cause to separate and go in different directions
    I dispelled the notion that I like Coca-Cola.
    Synonyms: allay, banish, beat off, break it up, break up, bust up, cancel, chase away, crumble, deploy, disband, disintegrate, dismiss, disperse, dissipate, distribute, eject, eliminate, expel, oust, repel, resolve, rout, scatter, scramble, split up
    Antonyms: accumulate, collect, garner, gather, recall
  3. disperse
    move away from each other
    The crowd dispersed after the concert finished.
    Synonyms: banish, besprinkle, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, deal, diffuse, disappear, disband, disburse, discharge, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, disseminate, dissipate, dissolve, divvy, dole out, eject, intersperse, measure out, partition, propagate, radiate, rout, scatter, scramble, send off, separate, shed, sow, split up, spray, spread, strew, take off in all directions, vanish
    Antonyms: arrange, assemble, collect, garner, gather
  4. displace
    cause to move, usually with force or pressure
    The water was displaced when too many people got into the small plastic swimming pool.
    Synonyms: change, crowd out, derange, disarrange, disestablish, dislocate, dislodge, displant, dispossess, disturb, eject, evict, expel, expulse, force out, lose, mislay, misplace, relegate, shift, transpose, unsettle, uproot
    Antonyms: leave
  5. disqualify
    make unfit or unsuitable
    I was disqualified from the game because I had the wrong equipment.
    Synonyms: bar, bate, debar, disable, disenable, disentitle, disfranchise, eighty-six, except, exclude, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, nix, not make the cut, paralyze, preclude, prohibit, rule out, suspend, unfit, weaken
    Antonyms: allow, be eligible, capacitate, fit, permit, qualify
  6. evict
    expel or eject without recourse to legal process
    I was evicted from my apartment for failing to pay the rent on time.
    Synonyms: boot out, bounce*, chase, dislodge, dismiss, dispossess, eject, expel, extrude, force out, heave-ho, kick out, oust, out, put out, remove, send packing, show out, show the door, shut out, toss out on ear, turn out
    Antonyms: admit, board, include, lease, receive, rent, take in, welcome
  7. excise
    remove by cutting
    The excise tax was used to increase revenue from the sale of products.
    Synonyms: customs, duty, import tax, levy, surcharge, tariff, toll
  8. exile
    the act of expelling a person from their native land
    The man was exiled from his country because of his many crimes.
    Synonyms: banishment, diaspora, dispersion, displacement, exclusion, expatriation, expulsion, extradition, migration, ostracism, proscription, relegation, scattering, separation
    Antonyms: import, take in, welcome
  9. extinguish
    put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
    The fire was extinguished with water.
    Synonyms: blot out, blow out, choke, douse, drown, out, quench, smother, snuff out, stamp out, stifle, suffocate, trample
    Antonyms: light
  10. purge
    rid of impurities
    The group was purged of all its malcontents.
    Synonyms: abolition, abstersion, catharsis, clarification, cleaning, cleanup, coup, crushing, disposal, disposition, ejection, eradication, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, expurgation, extermination, extirpation, liquidation, murder, purification, reign of terror, suppression, witch hunt
    Antonyms: holding, keeping, maintenance
Created on Sun Mar 10 10:03:50 EDT 2013 (updated Sun Mar 10 10:07:54 EDT 2013)

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