EJECTING Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

ejecting

verb

present participle of eject

as in dismissing

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

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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

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After dismissing Cora and his staff, the Red Sox have surged back into playoff contention with the trade deadline looming.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
De Vries barely looked at it, dismissing the message as spam or phishing without reading past the first few lines.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Definition of dismissing

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But being intellectually skeptical of something is not the same as banishing it from one’s existence.

— Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 29 June 2026
Between the trauma his father inflicted on him, banishing him, calling him weak, giving him a scar and pitting him against his sister — along with his mother being taken — Zuko gives into his darker impulses.

— Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026

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And in April 2026 a researcher chasing Project Eleven's Q-Day Prize broke a 15-bit key on real quantum hardware.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The sluggish start mirrored Wednesday’s defeat, leaving Bay FC once again chasing the game before many fans had settled into their seats.

— Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of chasing

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Unfortunately for Miami, Suarez, who has been on fire, is suspended for the next six Leagues Cups games for spitting at a Seattle Sounders staff member after the 2025 Final last August.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 2 Aug. 2026
Starship is designed to launch 60 Starlink V3 satellites at a time, spitting them out through a slit-like payload bay door like a giant PEZ candy dispenser.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 July 2026

Definition of spitting

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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
The ordinance would require landlords to provide a valid reason before evicting a tenant or declining to renew their lease.

— Megan De Mar, CBS News, 29 June 2026

Definition of evicting

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The observed rotation rates of galaxies are faster than expected, given the gravitational pull of the light-emitting matter contained in the galaxies.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
In addition to rolling out large-scale renewables, China is also relying on nuclear energy to meet its energy demands without emitting carbon.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026

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