what does deportation mean?
DEPORTATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
Hypernyms(s) deportation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
- the act of expelling a person from their native land
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Usage Example(s)
- men in exile dream of hope
- his deportation to a penal colony
- the expatriation of wealthy farmers
- the sentence was one of transportation for life
Hypernyms(s) deportation is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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