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ejected

verb

past tense of eject
1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out we summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party

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2
as in expelled
to violently throw out or off (something from within) the malfunctioning VCR abruptly stopped rewinding and ejected the tape

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Recent Examples of ejected Montana captain Peyton Wing was ejected for targeting following a hit on Atkinson early in the second quarter. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 One passenger was fully ejected from the bus and another was partially ejected, police said. — Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026 The pilot ejected before the fighter went down near County Road 633 and Blair Townhall Road in Grand Traverse County. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026 Officers said a passenger, identified later as Cameron, was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. — Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 The pilot ejected before the crash and is in stable condition, officials said. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026 One passenger was fully ejected from their seat on the bus from the impact; another was partially ejected. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2026 Oli Marmol was later ejected after sticking up for Rincon, who was making his MLB debut. — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Marmol then came out of the dugout to confront Eddings and was ejected during the Rockies’ five-run inning. — Michael Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejected
  1. dismissed
  2. expelled
  3. chased
  4. erupted
  5. outed
  6. emitted
  7. banished
  8. spit
Verb
  • In California, a federal judge this month dismissed the administration’s challenge to school sports policies allowing transgender athletes to compete on teams matching their gender identity.
    — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Netanyahu dismissed the allegations, and is suing Levi and several other Israelis who have made similar charges.
    — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • The school board voted unanimously to allow the students to withdraw rather than be expelled from the school.
    — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Washington’s bets include $414 million in financing for a uranium project in Niger — a country that expelled all US forces two years ago — and hundreds of millions for digital infrastructure providers.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelled
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  • Chandler was chased after four innings while allowing three runs in his start.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Could the left groin tightness that chased Blake Snell from his last start after an inning linger into the postseason?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of chased
Verb
  • Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, is very much aware of the harsh backlash to a potential settlement that erupted among Congressional Democrats, A-listers like Mark Ruffalo and others as deal talks accelerated.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Saturday’s unrest came a year after rioting erupted around a right-wing demonstration.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of erupted
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  • Co-owner John Mara is battling cancer, and co-owner Steve Tisch is laying low after being outed in the Epstein Files.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Photoplay’s feature Hollywood’s Unmarried Husbands and Wives outed several of the era’s most bankable couples—Clark Gable and Carole Lombard among them—for the crime of cohabitating without paperwork.
    — Natalie Hoberman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of outed
Verb
  • The study also didn’t specifically measure blue light, the type emitted by cell phones and other electronic devices.
    — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, HEALTH, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For the project, the researchers measured X-rays emitted by the three radioactive elements.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of emitted
Verb
  • Their situation is nothing like that of Prince Andrew, for example, who was stripped of all his titles and has now been banished to Sandringham.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Characters banished or murdered early in one version emerge victorious in another.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • Yet both, in respective SEC openers, could use a win more than ever after the carousel spit them out into disaster relief.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The great Wiest, clad in leopard print and lipstick, slurs and spits her lines.
    — Natalia Winkelman, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of spit

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“Ejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ejected. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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