EJECTED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

ejected

verb

past tense of eject

as in dismissed

to drive or force out we summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party

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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 Wilson was neither ejected from the game nor subject to further discipline afterward. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026 The 15 people who remained in the wagon were all ejected, while the driver was pinned underneath the tractor and dragged several yards, the sheriff's office said. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 Perdomo Torres was ejected from the van and thrown to the ground, breaking his leg, ankle and hand. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 Smith, who was riding in the left lane, was ejected from the bike and hit the pavement, suffering severe injuries, according to police. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Oct. 2026 Allen was called for another flagrant foul and ejected from the game. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026 Both were, according to detectives, ejected from the e-bike and thrown onto the roadway. — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Thankfully, the emergency abort escape system ejected their Soyuz space capsule from the top of the rocket just two seconds before the fire caused the explosion. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 26 Sep. 2026

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Conversely, Morio is desperate to have kids, but any effort to discuss the topic with his wife is quickly dismissed.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors, for example, have portrayed Coq Thélot, as a justice who had been dismissed by Moïse.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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Newell, who graduated from NSU’s prep school in Broward County, was expelled from Cornell, according to the Times’ documents.

— Claire Healy, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
The New York Times reported Tuesday that two of the fraternity brothers were expelled, two more were suspended, and one who had already graduated was barred from campus.

— Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of expelled

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Following a 33-32 victory over the New York Giants in Week 7 of the 2025 season while playing for the Denver Broncos, Greenlaw chased and verbally threatened referee Brad Allen as the officiating crew was leaving the field.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
The discoveries that will change medicine a generation from now are probably being chased today by people asking questions no one else sees the value of yet.

— Robert C. Gallo, STAT, 9 Oct. 2026

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The Palisades and Eaton fires erupted on Zoë Ryan’s second day as director of the Hammer Museum at UCLA.

— Jane Horowitz, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
Fire erupted in the morning skies over Siberia on June 30, 1908, as an atmospheric explosion occurred that remains unmatched by any similar event in modern history.

— Micah Hanks, Space.com, 12 Oct. 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

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Photons generated inside the solar cell, however, can normally be emitted over a much wider range of directions.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford had already shown that radioactive materials sometimes emitted particles, naturally changing the makeup of their atomic nuclei.

— Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of emitted

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Shortly after King Charles stripped him of his titles and banished him from his home at Royal Lodge, he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in office.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2026
Drake Baldwin banished any fears of a sophomore slump by having his first All-Star season.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of banished

Verb

Altman isn’t the only big name who gets chewed up and spit out by Guadagnino’s dark satire.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 6 Oct. 2026
Police said the suspect, identified as 42-year-old Billy Applegate III, later tried to kick and spit on officers while being taken to the hospital after the crash.

— Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

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