eject
[verb]
Synonyms: throw out, banish, drive out, evict, expel, oust, remove, turn out

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Contrasted words: accept, admit, install, receive, entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter
Related Idioms: give one his walking papers, send packing, show one the door
Related Words: displace, dispossess, drive off, rout, run off, debar, disbar, eliminate, exclude, rule out, shut out, bump, cashier, discharge, fire, sack, discard, shed, reject, repudiate, spurn

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

e‧ject /ɪˈdʒekt/ verb
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: ejectus, past participle of eicere 'to throw out']

1. [transitive] to make someone leave a place or building by using force
eject somebody from something
The demonstrators were ejected from the hall.

2. [transitive] to make someone leave a job or position very quickly
eject somebody from something
420 workers have been ejected from their jobs with no warning.

3. [transitive] to suddenly send something out:
Two engines cut out and the plane started to eject fuel as it lost height.

4. [intransitive] if a pilot ejects, he or she escapes from a plane, using an ejector seat because it is going to crash

5. [intransitive and transitive] if you eject a tape or disk, or if it ejects, it comes out of a machine after you have pressed a particular button
—ejection /ɪˈdʒekʃən/ noun [uncountable and countable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

eject
verb
I. push/send sth out
ADV. forcibly | summarily They were summarily ejected by the security guard.
PREP. from He was forcibly ejected from the restaurant.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

eject
II. make an emergency exit
ADV. safely
PREP. from All the crew members ejected safely from the plane.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲