Entry Word: eject

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to drive or force out <we quickly ejected the unwanted guest from our party>

Synonyms banish, boot (out), bounce, cast (out), chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, oust, rout, run off, throw out

Related Words deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, shut out; discharge, fire, sack

Phrases send packing

Near Antonyms accept, admit, receive, take in; welcome; entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter

2 to throw out or off (something from within) often violently <the malfunctioning VCR abruptly stopped rewinding and ejected the tape> — see erupt 1