EJECTS Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

ejects

verb

present tense third-person singular of eject

as in outs

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

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as in expels

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 ejects More than anything, the problem lies in the execution — as an absolutely catastrophic event effectively ejects Coulter and Fetters’ main character from his own story and into the abyss of early 2000s political turmoil. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026 This development forcibly ejects the mild-mannered mammal into both his parents’ den and the wild — literally — world of dating, where smelling suitors’ pee takes the place of an app profile. — Alison Herman, Variety, 22 May 2026 At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit. — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026 Results published in Nature show that cells use bioelectricity to coordinate a complex collective behavior called extrusion, a vital process that ejects sick or struggling individual cells from tissue to maintain health and keep growth in check. — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 12 Jan. 2026 If the battery overheats, the system acts like a launcher; sensors trigger a mechanism that ejects it from the vehicle. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025 As a supernova explosion ejects the outer layers of these stars, their stellar cores collapse. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025 At Luxe Pack, the company highlighted two body mist sprayers – one that ejects a fine mist, for a luxurious product application, and another with a continuous mist. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019

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At first the killer is revealed to be Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and Wadsworth outs himself as FBI.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Luckily, the king’s favorite wife, Esther, outs herself as Jewish.

— Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of outs

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To protect itself, the coral expels its own algae — a primary food, energy, and oxygen source — and soon loses its color.

— Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 5 Aug. 2026
Now they are being flown to Bhutan - a country that still refuses to recognize them as citizens and expels them on arrival to India or Nepal.

— Maansi Srivastava, NPR, 21 July 2026

Definition of expels

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But Vicente dismisses global heating as the main reason for the fires that are ravaging Europe.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Nobody clings to each other more firmly, defends their relationship more fiercely, or dismisses the opinions of the internet more authentically than Brinity.

— Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of dismisses

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Unfortunately, in the real world, bad behavior erupts at high school games — fights and even worse.

— Jerald McNair, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
The violence that has been simmering with the Ploughman now erupts into a revolution joined by thousands and thousands of peasants.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of erupts

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Now Stahlman chases ducks all over the country and spends his winter guiding in Oklahoma through Legends Waterfowl.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 9 Sep. 2026
In the video, Hilton’s 3-year-old son Phoenix can be seen giggling as the puppy playfully chases him around the room while 2-year-old sister London looks on.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of chases

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The result is an illusion of depth that ultimately spits out the exact same generic, corner-cutting structure.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
The verifier performs some calculations on the outputs of the original AI model, and spits out a high certainty score that this model is GPT-OSS-120B, which is exactly correct.

— Billy Perrigo, Time, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of spits

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That is why, when Diana falls in love with Lalo, the King simply banishes him.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Aug. 2026
Mary appears to have a form of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, until chemotherapy, following a diagnosis of lymphoma, banishes her psychiatric symptoms.

— Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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