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eject

/ɪˈdʒɛkt/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
  2. To throw out or remove forcefully.
  3. To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
  4. To project oneself from an aircraft.
  5. To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
  6. To come out of a machine.
  7. An inferred object of someone else's consciousness

Etymology / origin

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Related words

boot out(English)kick out(English)turf out(English)force out(English)chuck out(English)expel(English)throw out(English)release(English)ejection(English)rewind(English)ejector(English)reload(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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