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eject

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of eject

1 to drive or force out
  • We summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party.
Synonyms of eject

banish, boot (out), bounce, cast out, chase, dismiss, drum (out), expel, extrude, kick out, oust, out, rout, run off, throw out, turn out
Words Related to eject

deport, displace, dispossess, evict, exile, expatriate, ostracize, read out, shut out

ax (or axe), can, cashier, defenestrate, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate
Phrases Synonymous with eject

give one the gate [slang], send packing
Near Antonyms of eject

accept, admit, receive, take, take in

welcome

entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter
2 to violently throw out or off (something from within)
  • a nebula ejecting streams of gas
Synonyms of eject

belch, disgorge, eruct, erupt, expel, jet, spew, spout, spurt
Words Related to eject

gush, pour, squirt, stream, surge

emanate, exhale, issue, release, shoot, spit, spring, vent

discharge, emit, fire

cast, fling, heave, hurl, launch, pitch, toss
Near Antonyms of eject

bottle (up), contain, restrain, shut (in or up)

Synonym Discussion of eject

eject, expel, oust, evict mean to drive or force out. eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action.
    • ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar
expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.
    • a student expelled from college
oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.
    • police ousted the squatters
evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.
    • evicted for nonpayment of rent

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