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ejection seat
noun
- an airplane seat that can be ejected with the pilot in an emergency.
ejection seat
noun
- 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.
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With an ejection seat, a jet pilot can be shot out of a plane traveling over Mach one, and live to tell about it.
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This crumpling cabin fell fast, but Joe stuffed Mike in an ejection seat and shot him out.
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