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ejection seat

noun

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


ejection seat

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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Word History and Origins

Origin of ejection seat1

First recorded in 1940–45

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Example Sentences

He bounded from the chair as though he had triggered a high speed ejection seat in a burning jet.

With an ejection seat, a jet pilot can be shot out of a plane traveling over Mach one, and live to tell about it.

This crumpling cabin fell fast, but Joe stuffed Mike in an ejection seat and shot him out.

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