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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 force out
 強行擠出

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 force out
      v 1: force to leave (an office) [syn: depose]
      2: terminate the employment of; "The boss fired his secretary
         today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers" [syn:
         fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send
          away, sack, give the sack, terminate] [ant: hire]
      3: force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2
         A.M." [syn: rout out, drive out, rouse]
      4: force to move; "the refugees were displaced by the war"
         [syn: displace]
      5: expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal
         process; "The landlord evicted the tenants after they had
         not paid the rent for four months" [syn: evict]
      6: cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at
         his little sister" [syn: squirt, squeeze out, eject]
      7: force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: gouge]
      8: emit with force of effort; "force out the air"