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 In 2023, a Marine Corps pilot died after ejecting from his jet near the base. — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 31 July 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 In his early tenure, that tended to be doping positives, leading to ejecting some riders or teams. — Andy McGrath, New York Times, 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 And days earlier, three US F-15 fighter jets were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses, with all crew members ejecting safely. — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 9 June 2026 The car overturned and rolled several times, ejecting Reed, the CHP reported. — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 The air crew is seen ejecting from the crafts and parachuting to the ground. — Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejecting
  1. dismissing
  2. expelling
  3. banishing
  4. erupting
  5. chasing
  6. spitting
  7. evicting
  8. emitting
Verb
  • In the filing, the Justice Department urged the appeals court to reverse the Tennessee federal judge’s ruling dismissing criminal charges against Abrego Garcia.
    — Siladitya Ray, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The book resuscitates the childhood feeling that most of us spend our lives tamping down and dismissing, if not completely extinguishing.
    — Chris Ware, The New York Review of Books, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismissing
Verb
  • Pay parity rules for staff and a ban on expelling students would go by the wayside, too.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 Aug. 2026
  • But sometimes, some corals on a reef bleach while others don’t, and in other cases corals under heat stress die without expelling their algae.
    — Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 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
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  • That’s much better than analysts expected and would be the best since five years ago, when the economy was erupting out of the chasm created by the COVID-19 pandemic emergency.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Brian Osorio Zuluaga/Facebook The five men in the video slowly remove the baby then shout for a paramedic before erupting in a euphoric cheer.
    — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of erupting
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  • According to Linnane, dressing like an Italian isn’t about chasing whatever fashion trend is dominating social media.
    — Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Final Thoughts The Qidi Max 4 feels like a machine designed for people who care more about capability, material flexibility, and printing large, functional parts than chasing a perfectly polished consumer-appliance experience.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of chasing
Verb
  • Adjust the heat to maintain the bubbly cooking action and/or to prevent the sauce from spitting.
    — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The team could use another forward as Luis Suarez is suspended for all six Leagues Cup games as the penalty for spitting on a Seattle Sounders official during last year’s tournament final.
    — Michelle Kaufman August 7, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of spitting
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  • The draft ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Now that same board is evicting Aust and nearly 100 other patients from the Silverado Beach Cities Memory Care Community.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of evicting
Verb
  • In March and April 2025, the researchers pointed IXPE at 1E 1547-5408, a magnetar that spins once every two seconds and is unusual among its kind for steadily emitting radio waves.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There is also a record that staff there was improperly emitting particles through their smokestack.
    — Dave Savini, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
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