| NOUN | act | deportation, exile, expatriation, transportation | the act of expelling a person from their native land |
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| act | deportation | the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien |
| Sounds | diy.paortey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The act of expelling a person from their native land. | |
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| Example | "his deportation to a penal colony" | |
| Synonyms | exile, expatriation, transportation | |
| Instances | Babylonian Captivity | The deportation of the Jews to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC |
| Broader | banishment, proscription | rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
| Spanish | deportación, exiliado, exilio, expatriación | |
| Catalan | deportació, exili, expatriació | |
| Verbs | deport | expel from a country |
| Meaning | The expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien. | |
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| Broader | ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance | The act of forcing out someone or something |
| Verbs | deport | expel from a country |
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