Eject

verb

/ɪˈdʒɛkt/

Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.verbTo compel (a person or persons) to leave.

"Andrew was ejected from his apartment for not paying the rent."

2.verbTo throw out or remove forcefully.

"In other news, a Montreal man was ejected from his car when he was involved in an accident."

3.verbTo compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.

4.verbTo project oneself from an aircraft.

"The pilot lost control of the plane and had to eject."

5.verbTo cause (something) to come out of a machine.

"Press that button to eject the video tape."

6.verbTo come out of a machine.

"I can't get this cassette to eject."

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