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ejecting

verb

present participle of eject
1
as in dismissing
to drive or force out we summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party

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2
as in expelling
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 ejecting Out toward the edge, the star would boil unstably, sloughing off outer layers and explosively ejecting mass. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 The impact tore away the entire right side and most of the roof of the vehicle, ejecting all five passengers. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026 When Freedom stepped toward the court, security intervened and led him away before ejecting him from the building. — Emily Ohman, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The vehicle flipped, ejecting him, and then landed on top of him. — Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2026 During a process called Hills capture, as a stellar binary orbits a supermassive black hole and the gravitational influence of the black hole rips the binary apart, ejecting one star while capturing the other. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Based on witness statements, a jet ski allegedly struck a wake, ejecting the operator into the water, according to DEEP officials. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026 SpaceX uses a different approach on Starship, with Starlinks riding inside the vehicle’s fuselage, then ejecting through a small door on the side like a Pez dispenser. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 July 2026 The ambulance flipped over, ejecting paramedic Ashley Moore, who was tending a patient in the back of the vehicle, officials said. — Mark Price july 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejecting
  1. dismissing
  2. expelling
  3. banishing
  4. erupting
  5. chasing
  6. spitting
  7. evicting
  8. emitting
Verb
  • A day after dismissing Dana Brown, Astros owner Jim Crane fielded a question specifically about Bagwell’s potential candidacy.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • That doesn't mean Cramer is dismissing the risks from higher oil.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismissing
Verb
  • From the battlefields of Afghanistan expelling a global superpower to laying the groundwork for al-Qaeda, FOX News experts and former intelligence officials break down the roots of modern terrorism.
    — , FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Those plans were disrupted when the tank failed as the workday began, expelling huge amounts of a caustic liquid capable of causing severe burns.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of expelling
Verb
  • Rhaenyra also makes the drastic decision of relieving Mysaria of her duties as master of whispers and banishing her from King’s Landing.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2026
  • But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Definition of banishing
Verb
  • The autumn palette here is incomparable, with maples, birches, oaks, and ash trees erupting in crimson, gold, and tawny tones.
    — Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The volcano has been erupting for days, spewing lava and ash that shut airports, disrupted nearly 3,000 flights, forced schools online and kept nearby communities on heightened alert.
    — Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of erupting
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  • Yet too many adults focus on winning and chasing college scholarships, driving up the costs for families and pressure on children to specialize in one sport and succeed.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026
  • One more injury, and the playoff-chasing Jays are in a really bad spot.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of chasing
Verb
  • This is a model spitting out something that goes against tradition.
    — Eno Sarris, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • All, though, are generally tasked with spitting out algorithmic data that help inform a head coach’s decision-making around fourth downs, two-point conversions, timeouts and beyond.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of spitting
Verb
  • One of the attractions of self-storage as a business is that evicting stuff is easier than evicting people.
    — David Owen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In 1968 Britain considered evicting the family by force, with declassified documents showing a plan to raze the fort.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of evicting
Verb
  • Black holes whip hydrogen clouds around them at furious rates, with the clouds emitting slightly different colors depending on their speed.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Chandra spotted 84 suspicious object emitting very low-energy X-rays in six galaxies – four evolved ellipticals and two spirals, namely our near-neighbor the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101).
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of emitting

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“Ejecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ejecting. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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