ejected; ejecting; ejects
1
a
: to throw out especially by physical force, authority, or influence
ejected the player from the game
b
: to evict from property
2
: to throw out or off from within
ejects the empty cartridges
Examples of eject in a Sentence
The machine automatically ejected the CD.
The pilot ejected when his plane caught fire.
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The preseason game took more than three hours to complete, at times saw a half-dozen Lightning players in the penalty box and at one point saw a third-period goal taken off the board because a player that had gotten ejected (Florida’s Niko Mikkola) was on the ice and assisted on the tally.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Planets will spiral into their stellar remnants or get ejected on timescales of 1025 years or so.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Previous studies had focused on older ice grains that had been flying in Saturn’s E-ring – a ring orbiting Saturn made up of material ejected from Enceladus.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
To their credit, organizers had started to increase security and even ejected people when the abuse — homophobic remarks, comments about appearance and family members — for the players became too much.
—Kevin Coulson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2025
Planets will spiral into their stellar remnants or get ejected on timescales of 1025 years or so.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Oct. 2025
Previous studies had focused on older ice grains that had been flying in Saturn’s E-ring – a ring orbiting Saturn made up of material ejected from Enceladus.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
To their credit, organizers had started to increase security and even ejected people when the abuse — homophobic remarks, comments about appearance and family members — for the players became too much.
—Kevin Coulson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for eject
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“Eject.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eject. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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eject
verb1
a
: to throw out especially by physical force or authority
ejected from the game
b
: to force off property
2
: to throw out or off from within
ejects the cassette
ejector
noun
-ˈjek-tər
Medical Definition
eject
transitive verb
: to force out or expel from within
blood ejected from the heart—S. F. Mason
S. F. MasonLegal Definition
eject
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