1. to stir up or disturb someone from sleep or rest
Usage: past tense of ‘roust’
2. to force someone to leave a place
Usage: informal

Examples

• The police rousted the homeless man from the park bench.
• She was rousted from her nap by loud music next door.
• Security guards rousted the teenagers from the mall after closing time.
• The fire alarm rousted everyone from their beds at 3 AM.
• Local authorities rousted the protesters from the square.
• He was rousted out of his comfortable routine by the new job requirements.