ejection seat

American  

noun

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

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ejection seat British  

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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ejection seat

The Hawker Hunter, a British-designed Cold War-era fighter jet, is equipped with a Martin-Baker ejection seat that allows the pilot to blast out of the cockpit in an emergency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023

Now the ejection seat by the Martin-Baker aircraft company has become a standard part of aircraft and pilot safety around the world.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2021

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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