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 San Diego’s manager Craig Stammen and coach Ryan Goins were ejected three pitches into the game after arguing a check-swing call. — Liana Handler follow, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 Balogun, a star striker who has scored three goals so far in this year’s tournament, received a red card and was ejected from last week’s US game against Bosnia and Herzegovina for a foul against a defender. — Yash Roy, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Although Cavalli remained in the game, Contreras, Miles Mikolas, Nate Eaton, and Boston interim manager Chad Tracy were ejected. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026 The second half became a nail-biter for a time after Balogun was red-carded and ejected from the game for stepping on an opponent’s ankle. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 Cubs manager Craig Counsell was ejected for arguing a replay reversal in the seventh. — Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 24 June 2026 As striking is that of the last five — Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak and Starmer — just one, Sunak, was ejected by voters in a general election. — Ian King, CNBC, 24 June 2026 Six months earlier, observers believed the space plane had ejected six objects at once, but those were later determined to be debris left over from launch. — Brett Tingley, Space.com, 23 June 2026 Abrams-Draine was not ejected or suspended. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 23 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejected
  1. dismissed
  2. expelled
  3. chased
  4. erupted
  5. outed
  6. emitted
  7. banished
  8. spit
Verb
  • Jason Melara’s attorney, Andrew Stein, asked the two murder charges be dismissed, telling Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Curtis Rappe there was no evidence his client pointed a gun at Aguilar.
    — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • In 2023, researchers at MIT and elsewhere proposed that the bright white chunks scattered throughout Roman concrete—known as lime clasts and long dismissed as evidence of incomplete mixing—could help explain the material’s self-healing properties.
    — Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 11 July 2026
Definition of dismissed
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  • The day of the cyber attack, Yazbak said the Department of Administrative Services expelled the attacker from the state’s systems.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2026
  • Our previous Representative in Congress, Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick had to resign hours before being expelled by her colleagues on both sides of the aisle for fraud.
    — Elijah Manley, Sun Sentinel, 9 July 2026
Definition of expelled
Verb
  • In that operation, federal agents randomly chased people in shopping centers, neighborhoods and a church grounds — making arrests, prompting businesses to close and causing widespread fear among immigrant communities.
    — Diamy Wang July 13, Charlotte Observer, 14 July 2026
  • The animal charged toward the visitor, chased him back and forth through a patch of trees, and, ultimately, struck the man with its horns, launching and flipping him over.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 July 2026
Definition of chased
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  • About 400 firefighters worked to contain the flames, which erupted just ahead of a July 14 national holiday and on the first major weekend for departures for the summer holiday season.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 13 July 2026
  • The Cape Verde supporters also erupted in the 62nd minute when their beloved 40-year-old goalkeeper Vozinha denied Messi at point-blank range.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
Definition of erupted
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  • Thiel mentioned the news outlet Gawker, which had recently outed him as gay.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
  • And what happens to someone who’s been outed like that, as a fake?
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 July 2026
Definition of outed
Verb
  • From an environmental standpoint, there is no gas emitted into the air from induction, so air quality is much improved, too.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
  • The company emitted 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2025, up from 16 million metric tons the prior year, Microsoft said Thursday in its annual sustainability report.
    — Matt Day, Fortune, 9 July 2026
Definition of emitted
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  • Catlett was banished from the United States for what her art had to say.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • There’s no chance Cannes Lions will be the next one banished from the game if this year is anything to go by.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 June 2026
Definition of banished
Verb
  • That’s when a 17-year-old girl spit at an officer when she was asked to leave the area, authorities said.
    — WBFF STAFF, Baltimore Sun, 13 July 2026
  • Lowry, in the meantime, would embark on a two-decade career in a league that spits out frauds on the regular.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 July 2026
Definition of spit

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