Eject (Verb)
Meaning 1
Put out or expel from a place; "The unruly student was excluded from the game".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 2
Eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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- Bleed
- Ovulate
- Cough Up
- Hemorrhage
- Abort
- Maturate
- Cough Out
- Ejaculate
- Breathe
- Spew
- Suppurate
- Pass Off
- Expectorate
- Spit Out
- Eruct
- Blow
- Spew Out
- Fester
- Eliminate
- Emit
- Egest
- Excrete
- Shed Blood
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Meaning 3
Leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The pilot was forced to eject from the aircraft when it experienced a critical engine failure during flight.
- If the cockpit depressurizes, you'll have to eject immediately to survive.
- During an emergency, the seat is designed to automatically eject you from the plane and deploy a parachute.
- When the controls locked up, Captain Smith ejected safely, landing miles from the wreckage of the crashed aircraft.
- As flames engulfed the fighter jet, Lieutenant Commander Lewis prepared to eject into the stormy sea below.
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Meaning 4
Cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The volcano model was designed to eject a stream of red liquid when the eruption was triggered.
- The perfume bottle was so pressurized that it would eject a fine spray of fragrance into the air.
- The kids loved playing with the water guns that could eject a powerful jet of water across the pool.
- The soda can was shaken so hard that it would eject a fizzy stream of soda when the tab was opened.
- The doctor used a device to eject a stream of compressed air to clear the blockage in the patient's ear.