- (transitive)
to drive or force out; expel or emit - (transitive)
to compel (a person) to leave; evict; dispossess - (transitive)
to dismiss, as from office - (intransitive)
to leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
e•ject /ɪˈdʒɛkt/USA pronunciation
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- to drive or force out; expel:[~ + object]The police ejected the noisy demonstrators from the mayor's office.
e•ject
(i jekt′),USA pronunciation v.t.
v.i.
- 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.
v.i.
- to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat:When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected.
- Latin ējectus (past participle of ējicere) thrown out, equivalent. to ē- e- + jec- (combining form of jacere) throw + -tus past participle suffix
- 1545–55
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –3. oust.
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'ejected' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Pele's hair
- bomb
- business end
- calamari
- capsule
- cast
- clinker
- delta ray
- eject
- ejecta
- ejection
- ejection capsule
- ejection seat
- emission
- erupt
- eruption
- exhaust
- fallout
- ink
- lapillus
- photoelectron
- planetary nebula
- reaction engine
- shotten
- spew
- spit
- splutter
- spray
- sputter
- sputum
- squirt
- tephra
- trichocyst
- tuff
- volcano
- vomit
- vomitory