Definition of ejectnext

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How does the verb eject contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of eject are evict, expel, and oust. While all these words 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

When would evict be a good substitute for eject?

The synonyms evict and eject are sometimes interchangeable, but evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.

evicted for nonpayment of rent

Where would expel be a reasonable alternative to eject?

Although the words expel and eject have much in common, expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.

a student expelled from college

When could oust be used to replace eject?

The words oust and eject can be used in similar contexts, but oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.

police ousted the squatters

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of eject The driver, identified only as a 22-year-old Westminster man, was trapped inside the vehicle, while an 18-year-old man, also of Westminster, was ejected. Austin Turner, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026 Kansas City Royals manager Matt Quatraro was ejected in the first inning of Saturday’s 13-4 loss to the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium. Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2026 Some seeds get devoured by their parent star; some seeds get ejected from their stellar system; some seeds get swallowed by other seeds; some seeds get blasted apart by further interactions. Big Think, 17 Apr. 2026 Manager Aaron Boone was ejected for the first time this season after New York batted in the eighth. Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for eject
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eject
Verb
  • Kirby Yates was ready to break down his 23-pitch rehab outing Friday.
    Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Some of these pictures show him at an event in Birmingham with Black Box theater colleagues and attended by officials of UK actors union Equity just a few weeks before he was outed by Norwood’s anonymous tipper.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Packwood resigned in 1995 after the Senate Ethics Commission voted unanimously to expel him.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
  • No direct hits are required; shock waves from a jet can ripple across hundreds of thousands of light-years to churn galactic gas into stars or to extinguish star formation entirely by expelling those gas reservoirs into intergalactic space.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Federal Court Justice James Stellios ruled in dismissing the appeal that no jurisdiction error was made in 2024 by then Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus in ordering Duggan's extradition.
    CBS News, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Maasdorp called for a pivot toward investment, capital mobilization, and regional integration, saying BII was looking to forge partnerships that de-risk investment in markets long dismissed as too volatile.
    Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • That impact and his trajectory launched his dragster up into the air, erupting in a fireball, breaking into pieces and getting badly tangled in the catch fencing.
    Jan Wagner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
  • What follows is a crescendo of bloody madness, including a gruesome toenail cutting scene that shouldn’t be viewed while eating, a grandma being eaten alive by a pack of coyotes and a truly bonkers wake that erupts into laugh-out-loud violence thanks to a pair of dentures.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Some observers suggest that seekers aren’t chasing hollow shortcuts online.
    Lucy Jones April 11, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The couple had spent the past decade sailing together, charting a life across open water — learning to scuba dive, chasing marine life and finding meaning in the quiet, in-between moments at sea.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • When John begins spitting out his food, his mother, Heather (Shirley Henderson), worn down by exhaustion and anger, banishes him from the dinner table—the first in an unceasing series of maternal rejections.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
  • According to federal authorities, Ferreira Borges then started biting an officer who attempted to get him under control and spit on the driver.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 17 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • One is a search for stability, driven by a horror of chaos and by memories of the mayhem that wrecked his childhood and banished him to the cave.
    Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
  • While Vitello was banished to his office, the Giants lost a lot more than that.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Road closures have been seizing the country’s leafy capital, as vans disgorge military style kit bags and American personnel to match at top hotels.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026
  • And yet your sufferings would come to an end in a mere fifty-seven hours, or whenever the train disgorged you, while the sufferings of Gunnar’s daughter would probably end only with her death.
    Cassandra Neyenesch, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026

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“Eject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eject. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.

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