eject

Meaning

1. To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
2. To throw out or remove forcefully.
3. To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
4. To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
5. To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
6. To come out of a machine.

expel

rid of

scare away

make leave

sling out

issue forth

jetting out

lay egg

be out

extirpate

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/

From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).

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