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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.
Synonyms: ,
- to dismiss, as from office or occupancy.
- to evict, as from property.
Synonyms: ,
- to 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
/ ɪˈɛ /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- ԴDze·iԲ adjective
- e· verb (used with object)
- ܲe·Ļ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of eject1
Example Sentences
“Who are these guys?” she shouts in the video as the unidentified men grab her to eject her from the building.
Anthony Edwards got ejected and played only 26 minutes.
Why didn't they hit the eject button sooner, as their leader descended further into his incoherent megalomania?
Orr ejected Doncic, who already had been called for a technical foul in the second half, after Doncic scored to put the Lakers up in the fourth and yelled in Orr’s direction.
Ask any of those in office now, or any of those recently ejected.
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