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Dispossess is an English word with synonyms like deprive or strip. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Dispossess in a sentence

Related words

Dispossess | Dispossessed | Dispossession | Dispossessing

Dispossess meaning

  1. To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
  2. To deprive someone of possession in general.
  3. To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).

Synonyms of Dispossess

deprive strip divest

Related words

Other words often associated with Dispossess or its synonyms:

take undress withdraw remove invest artefact decline draw piece disinvest artifact worsen

Using Dispossess

  • The main meaning on this page is: To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them. | To deprive someone of possession in general. | To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone).
  • Useful related words include: deprive, strip, divest.
  • In the example corpus, dispossess often appears in combinations such as: to dispossess, dispossess the, and dispossess.

Context around Dispossess

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

intervention 1× bournemouth 1× permanently 1× slaughter 1×

Often after:

matheus 1× innocent 1× lingard 1× salah 1× city 1× souls 1×

Sentence patterns with Dispossess

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

allowed to dispossess the merchants 1× and bournemouth dispossess city 1× brilliantly to dispossess salah and 1× by slaughter dispossess souls that 1× challenge to dispossess lingard 1× crucial intervention dispossess matheus cunha 1× hard to dispossess 1× not to dispossess her husband 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

accelerating immigration both 1× admitting that the 1× after democrat roy 1× brut y tywysogion 1× calvin bassey has 1× he continued he 1×

Common sentence endings:

and no intermarriage 1× blood with blood 1× bournemouth dispossess city 1× caprice of government 1× captain tom cairney 1× day or two 1×

Words around Dispossess

Just before it in the word index:

dispositive 13 dispositions 59 dispositional 6 disposition 271 dispositif 2 disposing 133

Just after it in the word index:

dispossessed 73 dispossessing 10 dispossession 38 disproof 6 disproportion 5 disproportional 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaa 21 abductees 21 abdulahi 21 abetment 21 abhors 21 ablution 21

Corpus analysis for Dispossess

  • In this selection, "dispossess" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, intervention, bournemouth, permanently, matheus, innocent and lingard stand out and add context to how "dispossess" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include allowed to dispossess the merchants and and bournemouth dispossess city. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dispossess" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dispossess

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Made a decisive early challenge to dispossess Lingard. (8 words)

The miscreants use dangerous weapons to dispossess innocent passengers of their valuables. (12 words)

Never by slaughter dispossess souls that are kin and nourish blood with blood! (13 words)

Longer example sentences

If the considerable power of the Port Authority is allowed to dispossess the merchants of Radio Row, then, it is our conviction, no home or business is safe from the caprice of government. (33 words)

In the so-called anti-monastic reaction, the nobles took advantage of Edward's weakness to dispossess the Benedictine reformed monasteries of lands and other properties that King Edgar had granted to them. (33 words)

Admitting that the CBN had the right to redesign the country’s currency, he, however, argued that the apex bank did not have the right to dispossess the citizens of their cash. (32 words)

Exclamation examples

Never by slaughter dispossess souls that are kin and nourish blood with blood! (13 words)

Example sentences (15)

Admitting that the CBN had the right to redesign the country’s currency, he, however, argued that the apex bank did not have the right to dispossess the citizens of their cash.

Calvin Bassey has rescued Fulham from going further behind, after the Nigerian defender’s crucial intervention dispossess Matheus Cunha after a terrible backpass from captain Tom Cairney.

He continued: “He has qualities that aren’t easy to find; he is strong in the air and hard to dispossess.

The miscreants use dangerous weapons to dispossess innocent passengers of their valuables.

After Democrat Roy Cooper narrowly defeated Republican Gov. Pat McCrory in 2016, the GOP-led General Assembly moved quickly to dispossess the incoming governor of some of the office’s powers.

Made a decisive early challenge to dispossess Lingard.

Romeu does brilliantly to dispossess Salah and pick out Redmond, who sets off towards Liverpool's box.

Sterling races into the penalty box but there's nobody else around, much and Bournemouth dispossess City.

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Accelerating immigration, both Mexican and foreign, increased pressure on the Alta California government to seize the mission properties and dispossess the natives in accordance with Echeandía's directive.

Brut y Tywysogion pp. 155–6 Joan was able to persuade her father not to dispossess her husband completely, but Llywelyn lost all his lands west of the River Conwy.

If the considerable power of the Port Authority is allowed to dispossess the merchants of Radio Row, then, it is our conviction, no home or business is safe from the caprice of government.

If the marauders did not stay to permanently dispossess them of grazing areas, the fleeing clan might return to rebuild in a day or two.

In the so-called anti-monastic reaction, the nobles took advantage of Edward's weakness to dispossess the Benedictine reformed monasteries of lands and other properties that King Edgar had granted to them.

Never by slaughter dispossess souls that are kin and nourish blood with blood!

The purpose is to drive out and dispossess the Canaanites, with the implication that there are to be no treaties with the enemy, no mercy, and no intermarriage.

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Common combinations with dispossess

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dispossess" in a sentence?
An example: "Admitting that the CBN had the right to redesign the country’s currency, he, however, argued that the apex bank did not have the right to dispossess the citizens of their cash." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "dispossess" from authentic English texts.
What does "dispossess" mean?
Dispossess means: To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them.
What are synonyms of "dispossess"?
Common synonyms of "dispossess" include: deprive, strip, divest.
How many example sentences with "dispossess" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "dispossess", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.