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eject
[ih-jekt]
verb (used with object)
to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position.
The police ejected the hecklers from the meeting.
to dismiss, as from office or occupancy.
to evict, as from property.
Synonyms: dispossess, oustto throw out, as from within; throw off.
verb (used without object)
to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat.
When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected.
eject
/ ɪˈdʒɛkt /
verb
(tr) to drive or force out; expel or emit
(tr) to compel (a person) to leave; evict; dispossess
(tr) to dismiss, as from office
(intr) to leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
(tr) psychiatry to attribute (one's own motivations and characteristics) to others
Other Word Forms
- nonejecting adjective
- reeject verb (used with object)
- unejected adjective
- ejection noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of eject1
Example Sentences
Some were being ejected from a local cafe, hundreds more were partying in the park around the corner.
The blast also created radioactive atoms—atoms with unstable nuclei that break apart, ejecting particles and rays as they decay.
After asking the umpire to eject a vocal fan in the crowd, the Pole then missed three break points early in the second set, wasted chances the 24-year-old would later rue.
When the RSF was ejected out of Khartoum in March, its fighters turned their focus on the last remaining city of El Fasher which was still under the control of the army.
The jet’s two crew members ejected before the aircraft went down and, like the helicopter crew, were safely recovered by the carrier’s search and rescue teams.
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