deportation
/diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/
deportation noun: the act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
Noun
deportation (countable and uncountable, plural deportations)
- The act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
- Garcia is one of many undocumented people in America who earn their living in construction. He and millions of others now face the prospect of mass deportations during President-elect Donald Trump’s term.
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- Garcia is one of many undocumented people in America who earn their living in construction. He and millions of others now face the prospect of mass deportations during President-elect Donald Trump’s term.
deportation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
deportation in Hindi
- act of deporting or exiling
- निर्वासन nirvāsan, प्रत्यर्पण pratyarpaṇ
deportation in Tamil
- நாடு கடத்துதல்
deportation in Urdu
- جلاوطنی, شہربدری
deportation in Bengali
- deportation
- বিতাড়ন bitāṛôn
More languagesFewer languages
- deportation in Malayalam
- നാട്ടുകടത്തൽ, രാജ്യഭ്രഷ്ഠനാക്കൽ, പ്രവാസനം
- deportation in Kannada
- ಗಡೀಪಾರು
- deportation in Gujarati
- દેશનિકાલ
- deportation in Odia
- ନିର୍ବାସନ
- deportation in Arabic
- طَرْد ṭard
- deportation in Malay
- deportasi, pengusiran
- deportation in Indonesian
- deportasi
- deportation in Thai
- การเนรเทศ gaan-nee-rá-têet
- deportation in Vietnamese
- sự trục xuất
Examples of deportation in a sentence
- “America voted for mass deportations,” White House adviser Stephen Miller posted Wednesday on X.
- She applied in February and requested that deportation proceedings be delayed, but that request was denied.
- It disposed of political opponents mainly through the ‘dry guillotine’ of deportation rather than by physical liquidation.
Forms of deportation
| plural | deportations |
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Origin of deportation
From Middle French déportation, equivalent to deport + -ation.
Words formed from deportation
Words that rhyme with deportation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about deportation
- What does deportation mean?
- Deportation means the act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
- What is deportation in Hindi?
- Deportation in Hindi is निर्वासन (nirvāsan), प्रत्यर्पण (pratyarpaṇ). See Deportation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deportation?
- Deportation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce deportation?
- Deportation is pronounced /diːˌpɔːˈteɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of deportation?
- The plural of deportation is deportations.
Words near deportation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deportation (page history and authors); deportation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deportation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); বিতাড়ন (Bengali) (page history and authors); deportation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); deportation (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deportation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deportation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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