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ejection seat

American

noun

an airplane seat that can be ejected with the pilot in an emergency.

ejection seat British

noun

a seat, esp as fitted to military aircraft, that is fired by a cartridge or rocket to eject the occupant from the aircraft in an emergency

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Etymology

Origin of ejection seat

First recorded in 1940–45

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ejection seat

Click the trigger and the BlackFly noses down, bringing the pilot to a position more like a gaming chair than an ejection seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025

Defense Department officials said that all F-35 ejection seats were inspected after the Air Force in July 22 temporarily grounded its F-35 fleet over ejection seat concerns.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 26, 2023

In July 2022, the Air Force temporarily grounded its F-35s over ejection seat concerns.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

The pilot sat in an ejection seat that suggested the electric chair, in front of a fuel compartment containing 2,400 gallons of liquid oxygen and anhydrous ammonia.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2019

It carried enough fuel to stay up for three hours, but its ejection seat was very uncomfortable and my backside got numb long before two hours had passed.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins

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