verb
- Force to leave or move out.
- usage: "He was expelled from his native country"
- Remove from a position or office.
- usage: "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
- Cause to flee.
- usage: "rout out the fighters from their caves"
- Eliminate (a substance. )
- usage: "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
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