eject

UK: /ɪˈdʒɛkt/ US: /ɪˈdʒɛkt/ ,(i jekt′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•ject /ɪˈdʒɛkt/   v. 

1. to drive or force out; expel:
   [~ + object] The police ejected the noisy demonstrators from the mayor's office.

e•jec•tion /ɪˈdʒɛkʃən/  n. [countable* uncountable] See -jec-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•ject  (i jekt′), v.t. 

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.

v.i. 

5. 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

Synonyms

• 1. –3. oust.

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eject / ɪˈdʒɛkt/ verb

1. (transitive) to drive or force out; expel or emit
2. (transitive) to compel (a person) to leave; evict; dispossess
3. (transitive) to dismiss, as from office
4. (intransitive) to leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin ejicere, from jacere to throw

eˈjection noun