Vocabulary
Eviction
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of expelling someone from a property; expulsion.
Urdu meaning
بے دخل کرنا، باہر نکالنا، قانونی تخلیہ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Beirut, sadly home to several earlier conflicts, has reported the forced eviction of over a million residents on account of Israeli attacks.
Dawn Editorials —
The urban cost of war
— 2026-04-03
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Residents of katchi abadis and street vendors in metropolitan Pakistan routinely suffer eviction from their homes and livelihoods in the face of land grabs.
Dawn Editorials —
Coercion & consent
— 2025-11-21
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Israel is founded on the grabbing of land and property belonging to others, on mass eviction of the original inhabitants of the country and on the widespread use of violence and terror against Arabs as an instrument of State policy.
Dawn Editorials —
Fifty years ago Israel`s moral crisis
— 2025-06-18
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The law also providesa mechanism for identifying illegal possession of land by powerful individuals and their eviction.
Dawn Editorials —
Land reforms in GB
— 2025-06-18
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The wnter, a former IGP Sindh, belongs to GilgitBalästan.a mechanism for identifying illegal possession of land by powerful individuals and their eviction.
Dawn Editorials —
Land reforms in GB
— 2025-06-18
Synonyms
expulsion, ejection, ousting, throwing out, drumming out, driving out, banishing
Curator example
“the forced eviction of residents”
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