ejection

[ ih-jek-shuhn ]

noun

1. an act or instance of ejecting.
2. the state of being ejected.
3. something ejected, as lava.

Other Words From

• none·jection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ejection¹

1560–70; < Latin ējectiōn- (stem of ējectiō ) a throwing out, equivalent to eject- ( eject ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

Suh also stomped on Packers center Evan Dietrich-Smith during a 2011 game, earning an ejection and a two-game suspension without pay.

From Washington Post

Ohio State fans may remember the questionable calls the most, including the Shaun Wade targeting penalty and ejection after he clocked Lawrence and later the overturned scoop-and-score touchdown.

From Washington Post

He had returned to the field after being knocked from the game on a third-quarter play on which two Atlanta Falcons defenders were called for illegal hits, one of them resulting in an ejection and later being called “a cheap shot” by the Panthers.

From Washington Post

We’ve seen it’s an “active” asteroid—it loses mass through the ejection of debris.

From MIT Technology Review

In rare instances, an ejection might be part of the evening’s festivities.

From FiveThirtyEight

But once larger crews flew, ejection was no longer possible.

From The Daily Beast

The first shuttle flights with two crew members used ejection seats and full pressure suits.

From The Daily Beast

After his ejection for unnecessary roughness, Suh also suffered a devastating blow to his reputation.

From The Daily Beast

It was seen at once that an attempt to have the new girls elected as club members would be equivalent to ejection.

From Project Gutenberg

The so-called ejection or externalization of sensations occurs only as their scheme and relation to the unity of their object.

From Project Gutenberg

It is hardly conceivable that chromic acid could cause a rupture of the membrane and the ejection of the contents of the vesicle.

From Project Gutenberg

When removed from its tube its first movements suggest a resentment at the untimely ejection.

From Project Gutenberg

Such are the ejection from the interior of the earth of heated matters, and their accumulation upon the surface.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• banishment
• elimination
• eviction
• ouster
• removal