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eject

[ih-jekt]

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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.

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.

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Origin:
1545–55; < Latin ējectus (past participle of ējicere) thrown out, equivalent to ē- e- + jec- (combining form of jacere) throw + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

non·e·ject·ing, adjective

re·e·ject, verb (used with object)

un·e·ject·ed, adjective

Synonyms
1–3. oust.

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Example Sentences

But it said no decision had been made on whether the craft would have the capacity to eject the crew safely in an emergency.

It serves to eject an electron from an atom's outer shell.

Suspicion is first aroused if breeding wrens find a nestling home alone, as the imposter will eject all the natural offspring.

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But it said no decision had been made on whether the craft would have the capacity to eject the crew safely in an emergency.

It serves to eject an electron from an atom's outer shell.

Suspicion is first aroused if breeding wrens find a nestling home alone, as the imposter will eject all the natural offspring.

The same forces that keep planets in orderly orbits can also eject planets into deep space.

These magnetic fields could accelerate charged particles to tremendous speeds and eject them into space.

He also noted that the press club has the right to eject members.

It would be good if bouncers knew how to eject troublemakers without landing them in hospital, of course.

But a black hole has a star at its core, which can eject radiation from its poles.

There's always a device hidden somewhere nearby that will eject you out of it at.

Then they eject the lighted cigarette, filter tip first.

Each of these used mini rockets to spin and eject outward four discs the size of ice-hockey pucks.

To use it, you partially eject the unit from its bay and adjust it up and down on a hinge.

He described it as the time needed to eject the first shell and reload the pump-action shotgun.

Direct contact of molten lava with water or ice also leads to explosions which eject fine dust.

The flight program required him to eject from his craft after reentering the atmosphere and land separately by his own parachute.

Their unified threat to eject him if he stepped onto the field.

Something else must have happened in order to eject her off the flight.

Create a vessel that would eject small atomic bombs from its rear.

Cluster munitions are typically anti-personnel weapons that eject dozens of explosive bomblets when detonated.

When you're finished and you eject the drive, not a shred of your presence is left behind.

The city already has the power to eject single adults from shelters.

School officials have promised to eject from school anyone caught protesting or even escaping from campus.

Two days earlier the stunt team had sent a truck barreling off the side of the quarry to eject another contestant.

If trouble occurs in the first two or three minutes of the mission, the astronauts will be able to eject.

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eject (ɪˈdʒɛkt)

—vb
1.	(tr) to drive or force out; expel or emit
2.	(tr) to compel (a person) to leave; evict; dispossess
3.	(tr) to dismiss, as from office
4.	(intr) to leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
5.	(tr) psychiatry to attribute (one's own motivations and characteristics) to others

[C15: from Latin ejicere, from jacere to throw]

e'jection

—n

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Word Origin & History

eject

1550s, from L. ejectus, pp. of ejicere, eicere "throw out," from ex- "out" + -icere, comb. form of jacere "to throw."

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