I. ə̇ˈjekt, ēˈ- transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English ejecten, from Latin ejectus, past participle of eicere, from e- + -icere (from jacere to throw) — more at jet
1.
a. : to drive (as a person) out especially by physical force : expel
he was being ejected for taunting the pianist — Brooks Atkinson
b. : to deprive of membership or of a position or office : oust
the membership ejected the chairman by acclamation
c. : to evict from property : dispossess
ejected for nonpayment of rent
2.
a. : to throw or force out from within
a mechanism that ejects the empty cases from the gun
b. : to throw off
an electron ejected from an atom of copper
c. obsolete : emit
every look … mine eyes ejects — Ben Jonson
Synonyms:
eject , expel , oust , evict , and dismiss can mean, in common, to force or thrust (a thing or person) out. eject carries the strongest implication of throwing out from within
cones of material ejected from the volcanoes — W.E.Swinton
the solar system had been formed out of matter ejected from the sun — S.F.Mason
no solid bank of smoke ejected itself from the breastworks — Kenneth Roberts
a roaring fire ejecting sparks — T.S.Eliot
cowboys forcibly eject the farmers from their places in line — American Guide Series: Texas
expel , stressing a thrusting out or driving away, implies more generally a voluntary compulsion than eject , indicating more generally an intent to get permanently rid of
expel the air from the lungs
the fish and the bird, which expel the egg from the body — H.M.Parshley
he was arrested … then expelled from the city with the warning never to come back — Current Biography
expelled from his seat in the Senate for plotting with the British — R.B.Morris
oust implies removal or dispossession by the power of a law or the exercise of force or compulsion
to oust squatters from his property — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania
the first explorers were the Genoese, who had been ousted from the Levant trade by the Venetians — S.F.Mason
Ferdinand … ousted the local king from Navarre — Francis Hackett
evict now means to turn out (of house and home, one's place of business, or the like) by legal or equally effective means, commonly for nonpayment of rent
after two months the landlord had the tenants evicted for rowdyism and destruction of property besides nonpayment
Roger Williams, rebel against the Puritans and evicted by them from the sacred confines of Massachusetts — R.W.Hatch
thousands of crofters were evicted to make way for large sheep farms — London Calling
dismiss stresses a getting rid of (something) by refusing it further consideration, ejecting it from the thoughts, or taking steps to ensure its no longer annoying one
nonviolence as a political weapon … should not be dismissed lightly — African Abstracts
a very downright sort of Yankee, given to dismissing people who disagreed with him — Charlton Laird
dismiss an enemy by having him deported
II. ˈēˌjekt noun
( -s )
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