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Expatriate

To banish; to drive or force (a person) from his own country; to make an exile of.

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Broader term 3

Absentee 76% connected

One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where hi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Emigrate 76% connected

To remove from one country or State to another, for the purpose of residence; to migrate from home.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Expel 76% connected

To drive or force out from that within which anything is contained, inclosed, or situated; to eject; as to expel air from a bellows.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Refugee 76% connected

One who flees to a shelter, or place of safety.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deportation 74% connected

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Deportation 74% connected

The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Exile 74% connected

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Exile 74% connected

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 2

Deport 92% connected

To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Exile 92% connected

Forced separation from one's native country; expulsion from one's home by the civil authority; banishment; sometimes, voluntary separation from one's…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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