eject
Americanverb (used with object)
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to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position.
The police ejected the hecklers from the meeting.
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to dismiss, as from office or occupancy.
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to evict, as from property.
- Synonyms:
- dispossess, oust
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to throw out, as from within; throw off.
verb (used without object)
verb
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(tr) to drive or force out; expel or emit
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(tr) to compel (a person) to leave; evict; dispossess
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(tr) to dismiss, as from office
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(intr) to leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
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(tr) psychiatry to attribute (one's own motivations and characteristics) to others
Other Word Forms
- ejection noun
- nonejecting adjective
- reeject verb (used with object)
- unejected adjective
Etymology
Origin of eject
First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin ējectus “thrown out” (past participle of ējicere ), equivalent to ē- + jec- (combining form of jacere ) “to throw” + -tus past participle suffix; e- 1
Example Sentences
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Those spectra tracked changing signatures in the ejected gas, and new spectral features matched up with structures seen in the interferometric images, providing a direct one-to-one confirmation of how the flows were forming and colliding.
From Science Daily
Both players were issued technical fouls and ejected from the game.
From Barron's
A number of these planets are also part of multi-planet systems, a configuration that high-eccentricity migration typically disrupts, since that process can scatter or eject neighboring planets.
From Science Daily
Dillon Brooks hit the go-ahead three-pointer with 12.2 seconds left to complete the Suns’ comeback, but he was ejected after he bumped chests with James and got his second technical foul.
From Los Angeles Times
An Australian man who was jailed in Singapore and deported for charging at pop star Ariana Grande has been ejected from a Lady Gaga concert in his home country.
From BBC
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