EGAVE

eject

About 0.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
    The man started a fight and was ejected from the bar.
  2. verb To throw out or remove forcefully.
    In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident.
  3. verb To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
  4. verb To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
    The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject.
  5. verb To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
    Press that button to eject the video tape.
  6. verb To unmount (a drive).
  7. verb To come out of a machine.
    I can't get this cassette to eject.
  8. noun an inferred object of someone else's consciousness

Similar words

boot out kick out turf out force out chuck out expel throw out release discharge exclude

Often followed by

the a him them from it button an their

Word family

ejectable ejected ejecting ejection ejections ejective ejects

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