To drive or force someone or something away; to chase off or expel.
店主は酔っぱらいを店の外へ追いやった。
The shop owner drove the drunk customer out of the store.
野良犬が住宅街から追いやられた。
The stray dog was driven out of the residential area.
警備員が不審者をビルの外へ追いやった。
The security guard chased the suspicious person out of the building.
To force someone into an unpleasant or desperate situation (e.g., bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide); to drive into ruin or coercive circumstances.
不況で多くの中小企業が倒産に追いやられた。
Many small and medium-sized companies were driven into bankruptcy by the recession.
借金が膨らみ、彼は生活苦に追いやられてしまった。
Debt mounted and he was driven into hardship.