Definition of eject
transitive verb
1a : to throw out especially by physical force, authority, or influence ejected the player from the gameb : to evict from property
2 : to throw out or off from within ejects the empty cartridges
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Examples of eject in a Sentence
The machine automatically ejected the CD.
The pilot ejected when his plane caught fire.
Recent Examples of eject from the Web
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Matter ejected by them—particularly sulphur dioxide, which reacts with atmospheric gases to form sulphate aerosols—reflects sunlight back into space, cooling the air beneath.
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Tunicates scour the currents for the tastiest bits of flotsam, sucking the water in through their incurrent siphon and ejecting it through an excurrent siphon.
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Obama ejected 35 Russian diplomats from the country and seized two U.S. compounds Russia used.
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Such an event in the LMC, which has 10% of the Milky Way’s mass, could easily eject it from the satellite galaxy altogether.
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The feisty, indefatigable Renteria has been ejected five times already, including a span of four ejections over seven home games.
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A 4-year-old girl was ejected from the Buick and was transported via Samaritan Medical Transport helicopter to Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne with serious injuries.
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The driver was wearing a seat belt, but she was partly ejected out of her open window.
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A 29-year-old man was killed Sunday night when a car ran him over after he was ejected into oncoming traffic from his motorcycle in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood, authorities said.
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Origin and Etymology of eject
Middle English, from Latin ejectus, past participle of eicere, from e- + jacere
Synonym Discussion of eject
EJECT Defined for English Language Learners
eject
playDefinition of eject for English Language Learners
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: to force (someone) to leave
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: to push (something) out
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: to use a special device that throws you out and away from an airplane in an emergency : to use an ejection seat
EJECT Defined for Kids
eject
playDefinition of eject for Students
ejected
;ejecting
: to force or push out He was ejected from the meeting. The machine ejected the tape.
Word Root of eject
The Latin word jacere, meaning “to throw,” and its form jactus give us the root ject. Words from the Latin jacere have something to do with throwing. To reject is to throw back or away. To eject is to throw out. To inject is to throw one thing into another. To project is to throw forward onto a surface.
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