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According to WordNet, the verb "force_out" has 8 sense(s).

202402825 terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers".

202405252 force to leave (an office).

201281611 force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes".

201468058 expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months".

200003662 emit or cause to move with force of effort; "force out the air"; "force out the splinter".

202013840 press, force, or thrust out of a small space; "The weeds crowded out the flowers".

202056466 force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M.".

201375637 cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister".

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