EJECTION Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

ejection

noun

Definition of ejection

as in expulsion

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Recent Examples of ejection Referees showed head coach Nate Miller a pair of yellow cards a minute apart, earning him an ejection 21 minutes into the game. — Idaho Statesman, 4 Oct. 2026 Wilson's actions seem to have warranted an ejection by the letter of the law. — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026 Stephens' hit resulted in his ejection and sparked a melee on the field while Moore was receiving immediate medical attention. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 Still, the ejection and the outrage about Rincon’s hat simmered online and found its way onto the field. — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026 Eddings’ comments prompted an argument with Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol that led to Marmol’s ejection. — Michael Kelly, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026 Vitello’s ejection was his sixth of the season — matching the Pittsburgh Pirates’ Don Kelly for most among MLB managers this year — and his third in the last 11 games. — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026 Quatraro was visibly upset with the umpires’ decision and was ejected from the game — his second ejection this season and the ninth of his career. — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 In the last decade or so, football on every level has implemented rules designed to reduce the type of hits that used to sell the sport, but now would be a penalty or an ejection. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Sissi's comments echoed Egypt's unequivocal refusal of a permanent Palestinian expulsion into neighboring countries.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
According to the official league handbook, potential punishments could include a hefty points deduction, an unlimited fine, or even expulsion from the league entirely.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of expulsion

Noun

Speaking of swords, Sam actually carries one around his San Francisco apartment while schmoozing with reporters over his blamelessness in the OpenAI ouster.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
When the third act slows down to dramatize the hours of Altman’s ouster from OpenAI, Guadagnino has almost no way of generating the sort of ice-blooded intrigue that runs in Fincher’s veins.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of ouster

Noun

Some retired employees who worked undercover might need protection services like relocation assistance or even name changes if their data is exposed publicly.

— Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026
As for his next move, Perry is planning a big relocation—and a slowdown of his famously busy schedule.

— India Roby, Architectural Digest, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of relocation

Noun

Devitt noted that the growing adoption of personal agents and AI shopping assistants has sparked concern about displacement of Amazon’s retail media business.

— , CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
Staying away would mean accepting that people living through war, displacement and climate disaster become the last to benefit from technologies everyone else enjoys.

— Jeannie Annan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of displacement

Noun

Over the past five years, Europe’s political debate has shifted away from resettlement and toward returns.

— Dominique Soguel, Christian Science Monitor, 15 Aug. 2026
Beyond language barriers and bureaucratic challenges Refugees enter the country through a formal resettlement system.

— Hyojin Im, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of resettlement

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The utility this weekend also de-energized lines around a brush fire that broke out Saturday, prompting evacuation orders several miles south of Lahaina town, the site of the 2023 deadly fires.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
The camp is seeking to reorganize after 27 campers and counselors died in the 2025 Guadalupe River flood; a state legislative probe found an earlier evacuation could have saved every life.

— Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of evacuation

Noun

In a memo later Monday morning, the White House TV pool had been suspended given CNN’s banishment.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Lucas and her attorneys with the Liberty Counsel, a conservative Christian legal organization, assert that her ownership of the property shields her from banishment.

— Savannah Peters, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of banishment

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