[i-jekt] 
| 1. | to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position: The police ejected the hecklers from the meeting. |
| 2. | to dismiss, as from office or occupancy. |
| 3. | to evict, as from property. |
| 4. | to throw out, as from within; throw off. |
| 5. | to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat: When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected. |
| e·ject (ĭ-jěkt') v. e·ject·ed, e·ject·ing, e·jects v. tr.
To make an emergency exit from an aircraft by deployment of an ejection seat or capsule. [Middle English ejecten, from Latin ēicere, ēiect- : ē-, ex-, ex- + iacere, to throw; see yē- in Indo-European roots.] e·ject'a·ble adj., e·jec'tive adj. Synonyms: These verbs mean to put out by force. To eject is to throw or cast out from within: The fire ejected yellow flames into the night sky. |
