/ iˈdʒekt; NAmE / verb
1.
[ vn ] eject sb (from sth) ( formal ) to force sb to leave a place
SYN throw out :
Police ejected a number of violent protesters from the hall.
2.
[ vn ] eject sth (from sth) to push sth out suddenly and with a lot of force :
Used cartridges are ejected from the gun after firing.
3.
[ v ] (of a pilot) to escape from an aircraft that is going to crash, sometimes using an ejector seat
4.
[ vn , v ] when you eject a tape, disk, etc., or when it ejects , it comes out of the machine after you have pressed a button
► ejec·tion / iˈdʒekʃn; NAmE / noun [ U , C ]
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WORD ORIGIN
late Middle English : from Latin eject- thrown out, from the verb eicere , from e- (variant of ex- ) out + jacere to throw.