eject

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
2. (transitive) To throw out or remove forcefully.
3. (US, transitive) To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
4. (intransitive, usually) 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. (transitive) To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
6. (intransitive) To come out of a machine.

Noun

an inferred object of someone else's consciousness

Synonyms

expel

evict

drive out

emit

throw out

discharge

remove

force out

turn out

cast out

put out

vomit

squirt

oust

drive away

dislodge

turf out

squeeze out

exclude

spout

extrude

chuck out

kick out

shoot

dismiss

expectorate

reject

spit

disgorge

catapult

take away

take out

boot out

spew

shoo

spit out

release

obviate

repel

excrete

exhaust

chase

ejection

run out

launch

spray

disallow

bail out

deport

cut out

Translations

ejetar

expulser

éjecter

espellere

echar

expulsar

expeler

hinauswerfen

ausstoßen

εκβάλλω

arrojar

uitwerpen

expulsar

expel·lir

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈd͡ʒɛkt/

Etymology

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”).