eject








verb (used with object)

  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.

verb (used without object)

  1. to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat: When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected.

verb

  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
v.

mid-15c., from Latin eiectus “thrown out,” past participle of eicere “throw out,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + -icere, comb. form of iacere “to throw” (see jet (v.)). Related: Ejected; ejecting.

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