How can I log out a user from the server in Meteor.js?

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In my Meteor.js application, I want to let the administrator be able to forcibly log out users.

The use case is that my application is serving end-users, and the service is open whenever a super-user is logged in. If a super-user has forgotten to explicitly log out, the service will seem to be open for the end-users. If an administrator sees this, he/she should be able to forcibly log out the logged in user, and such render the service closed for the end-users.

Is this possible with Meteor.js? If so, how? Are there better/other approaches to this use case?

EDIT: Added some examples of remote logout I have tried, to clarify for @Akshat.

EXAMPLE 1(which does not work as I want):

In a logout method:

if (user.profile.role === ROLES.ADMIN) {
            Meteor
                .users
                .update({
                    _id: options.userId
                }, 
                { 
                    $set: { 
                        'services.resume.loginTokens' : [] 
                }});
        } else {
            throw new Meteor.Error(403, "You are not allowed to access this.");
        }

In my application.js:

var lastUserId;
Deps.autorun(function () {
    if(Meteor.user()) {
        if (Meteor.user().profile && Meteor.user().profile.firstName) {
            console.log("USER LOGGED IN");
            console.log("LENGTH LOGINTOKENS", 
                    Meteor
                        .user()
                        .services
                        .resume
                        .loginTokens.length); // This is always 1
            lastUserId = Meteor.user()._id;

            if (Meteor.user().services.resume.loginTokens.length === 0) {
                // This never fires, and thus the client does not know until
                // manually refreshed. Of course I could keep a forceLogOut-variable
                // as done in the next example.
                window.location.reload();
            }
        }
    } else {
        console.log("SOMETHING CHANGED IN METEOR.USER");
        if (lastUserId) {
            console.log("THE USER IS LOGGED OUT");
            Meteor.call('userLoggedOut',
            {
                userId: lastUserId
            });
            lastUserId = null;
        }
    }
});

EXAMPLE 2(this works as I want, when using only forceLogOut together with Meteor.logout() on the client side.):

In a logout method:

if (user.profile.role === ROLES.ADMIN) {
            Meteor
                .users
                .update({
                    _id: options.userId
                }, 
                { 
                    $set: { 
                        'services.resume.loginTokens' : [],
                        'profile.forceLogOut': true
                }});
        } else {
            throw new Meteor.Error(403, "You are not allowed to access this.");
        }

In my application.js:

var lastUserId;
Deps.autorun(function () {
    if(Meteor.user()) {
        if (Meteor.user().profile && Meteor.user().profile.firstName) {
            console.log("USER LOGGED IN");
            console.log("LENGTH LOGINTOKENS", 
                    Meteor
                        .user()
                        .services
                        .resume
                        .loginTokens.length); // This is always 1
            lastUserId = Meteor.user()._id;

            if (Meteor.user().profile.forceLogOut) {
                // Small example 1:
                // When logintokens have been set to [], and forceLogOut
                // is true, we need to reload the window to show the user
                // he is logged out.
                window.location.reload();
                // END Small example 1.

                // Small example 2:
                // When already keeping this variable, I might as well just use
                // this variable for logging the user out, and no resetting of
                // loginTokens are needed, or reloading the browser window.
                // This seems to me as the best way.
                console.log("FORCING LOGOUT");
                Meteor.logout();
                // END Small example 2.

                // And finally resetting the variable
                Meteor.call('resetForceLogOut',
                    {
                        userId: Meteor.user()._id
                    });
           }
        }
    } else {
        console.log("SOMETHING CHANGED IN METEOR.USER");
        if (lastUserId) {
            console.log("THE USER IS LOGGED OUT");
            Meteor.call('userLoggedOut',
            {
                userId: lastUserId
            });
            lastUserId = null;
        }
    }
});
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