eject
/'i:dʤekt/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To force or throw something out, often with violence or suddenness: To cause something to be expelled or discharged from a container or place.
- To compel someone to leave a place: To officially or forcefully remove a person from a location, organization, or situation.
- To leave an aircraft in an emergency: To be propelled from an aircraft using a special seat or capsule.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The volcano began to eject ash and lava into the sky.
- The security guard had to eject the disruptive fan from the stadium.
- The pilot was forced to eject when the engine failed.
Advanced Usage
- "to eject from": to be thrown out or removed from a specific place or thing.
- The cassette player automatically ejects the tape when it reaches the end.
- "to eject oneself": to propel oneself out, especially from a vehicle.
- In the simulation, the trainee learned how to eject himself from a helicopter.
Variants and Related Words
- Ejection (n): The act of ejecting or the state of being ejected.
- The ejection of the cartridge was smooth.
- Ejector (n): A person or device that ejects something.
- The seat's ejector mechanism is highly reliable.
Synonyms
- Expel: To force or drive out.
- Emit: To send forth or give out (e.g., light, sound, gas).
- Oust: To remove or expel from a position or place.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Eject out: (Less common) To be thrown or forced out. Often used with 'of'.
- The pressure caused the cork to eject out of the bottle.
Related Idioms
- None directly using "eject" as a standalone word are common. The word is typically used in its literal sense.
Verb
- cause to come out in a squirt
- the boy squirted water at his little sister
- leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
- eliminate (a substance)
- combustion products are exhausted in the engine
- the plant releases a gas
- put out or expel from a place
- The unruly student was excluded from the game