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eject Listen to audio/ɪˈʤɛkt/ verb
ejects; eject·ed; eject·ing
1 [+ obj] : to force (someone) to leave — often + from They ejected him from the game for hitting another player. She was ejected from the restaurant. When someone is ejected from a place, it often means that physical force was used to make that person leave.
Several drunks had to be physically ejected from the bar.
2 [+ obj] : to push (something) out
The machine automatically ejected the CD.
3 [no obj] : to use a special device that throws you out and away from an airplane in an emergency : to use an ejection seat
The pilot ejected when his plane caught fire.
— ejec·tion Listen to audio /ɪˈʤɛkʃən/ noun, plural ejec·tions
[count] protesting their ejections from the game the foul meant an automatic ejection [noncount] automatic ejection of the CD

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