- 1[transitive] eject somebody (from something) (formal) to force someone to leave a place synonym throw somebodyout (of…) Police ejected a crowd of violent protesters from the hall.
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- 2[transitive] eject something (from something) to push something out suddenly and with a lot of force Used cartridges are ejected from the gun after firing.
- 3[transitive, intransitive] eject (something) when you eject a disk, etc., or when it ejects, it comes out of the machine after you have pressed a button
- 4[intransitive] (of a pilot) to escape from an aircraft that is going to crash, sometimes using an ejection seat The pilot managed to eject moments before the plane crashed.
eject
verbNAmE//ɪˈdʒɛkt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they eject he / she / it ejects
past simple ejected
-ing form ejecting
NAmE//ɪˈdʒɛkʃn//
noun [uncountable, countable]See eject in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: eject