force out

Noun
  1. A putout of a base runner who is required to run;
    The putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base (synset 100130563)
    "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"
    referred to in: ball, baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
    is a type of: putout - an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout)
    same as: force, force play, force-out
Verb
  1. Force to leave (an office) (synset 202410394)
    is a type of: boot out, drum out, expel, kick out, oust, throw out - remove from a position or office
    subtypes: bring down, overthrow, overturn, subvert - cause the downfall of; of rulers
    same as: depose
  2. Terminate the employment of;
    Discharge from an office or position (synset 202407967)
    "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers"
    is a type of: remove - remove from a position or an office
    subtypes:
    same as: can, dismiss, displace, fire, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate
  3. Force or drive out (synset 202060390)
    "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."
    is a type of: displace, move - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
    subtypes:
    • hunt - chase away, with as with force
    • smoke out - drive out with smoke
    same as: drive out, rouse, rout out
    verb group: chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings
  4. Press, force, or thrust out of a small space (synset 202017692)
    "The weeds crowded out the flowers"
    is a type of: displace - cause to move, usually with force or pressure
    same as: crowd out
  5. Expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process (synset 201470687)
    "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had not paid the rent for four months"
    is a type of: boot out, chuck out, eject, exclude, turf out, turn out - put out or expel from a place
    same as: evict
    verb group: evict - expel or eject without recourse to legal process
  6. Cause to come out in a squirt (synset 201378302)
    "the boy squirted water at his little sister"
    is a type of: discharge - pour forth or release
    subtypes:
    • spritz - eject (a liquid) quickly
    • extravasate - force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel
    same as: eject, squeeze out, squirt
  7. Force with the thumb (synset 201284214)
    "gouge out his eyes"
    is a type of: mar, mutilate - destroy or injure severely
    same as: gouge
  8. Emit or cause to move with force of effort (synset 200003662)
    "force out the air"; "force out the splinter"
    is a type of: breathe, emit, pass off - expel (gases or odors)

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