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ejection

[ ih-jek-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of ejecting.
  2. the state of being ejected.
  3. something ejected, as lava.


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Other Words From

  • none·jection noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ejection1

1560–70; < Latin ējectiōn- (stem of ējectiō ) a throwing out, equivalent to eject- ( eject ) + -iōn- -ion

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Example Sentences

But once larger crews flew, ejection was no longer possible.

The first shuttle flights with two crew members used ejection seats and full pressure suits.

After his ejection for unnecessary roughness, Suh also suffered a devastating blow to his reputation.

It was seen at once that an attempt to have the new girls elected as club members would be equivalent to ejection.

The so-called ejection or externalization of sensations occurs only as their scheme and relation to the unity of their object.

It is hardly conceivable that chromic acid could cause a rupture of the membrane and the ejection of the contents of the vesicle.

When removed from its tube its first movements suggest a resentment at the untimely ejection.

Such are the ejection from the interior of the earth of heated matters, and their accumulation upon the surface.

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ejectaejection capsule