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unfrock

[uhn-frok] / ʌnˈfrɒk /
VERB
depose
Synonyms
STRONGEST
demote dethrone dismiss impeach overthrow unseat
STRONG
bounce break can cashier chuck degrade displace downgrade eject subvert unmake upset
WEAK
boot out discrown drum out freeze out give heave-ho kick out remove from office ride out on rail run out of town send packing throw out throw out on ear uncrown
Antonyms
STRONG
allow obey promote upgrade
VERB
dismiss
Synonyms
STRONGEST
depose discharge disqualify fire impeach let go oust recall retire sack suspend terminate
STRONG
ax boot bounce bump can cashier defrock depone displace drop furlough pension shelve unseat
WEAK
boot out deselect disemploy disfrock give notice to give the ax give the gate give the heave-ho give walking papers give warning kick out lay off let out pink slip put away send packing shut out turn away wash out
Antonyms
STRONGEST
begin employ hire hold keep
STRONG
do
WEAK
accept appoint engage maintain preserve secure welcome
VERB
pink slip
Synonyms
WEAK
ax boot boot out bounce bump can cashier defrock depone depose deselect discharge disemploy disfrock displace disqualify drop fire furlough give notice to give someone his or her walking papers give someone the ax give someone the gate give someone the pink slip give the ax give the gate give the heave-ho give walking papers give warning impeach kick out lay off let go let out oust pension put away recall release retire sack send packing shelve show someone the door shut out suspend terminate turn away unseat wash out

Example Sentences

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The Vatican has sent him for treatment but has yet to unfrock him, even after he seemed to trivialise his actions in a television interview.

From Economist • Apr. 28, 2011

Last week, in a committee debate on Parliament's new Criminal Justice bill, Laborite Emrys Hughes launched a movement to unwig and unfrock Britain's men of law.

From Time Magazine Archive

They block his plan for a Church dance, they prevent his sheltering a pursued harlot, just as he has concluded that the Church is not all that it should be, his disapproving seniors unfrock him.

From Time Magazine Archive

But not on that account do I wish to unfrock myself; nor certainly on that account do I wish to be deprived of my wife.

From Dr. Wortle's School by Trollope, Anthony

"We 're not going to unfrock you, Hunter," said he, gayly, in dismissing him.

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.