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eject

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ɪˈdʒɛkt// eject

v. to force someone or something out of a place or a situation. You use this when someone is removed because they are not welcome or because of a rule.

v. to expel or remove someone or something from a place or situation, often as a result of a formal decision or a physical mechanism.


SIMPLE

The committee decided to eject the speaker from the room.

CONTEXTUAL

The security guard had to eject the passenger from the plane after he refused to follow the safety rules.

COMPLEX

In a high-stakes negotiation, the lead mediator may be forced to eject a representative who is consistently obstructing the progress of the talks.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).

Etymology 2

From Latin ēiectum (“(that which is) thrown out”), from ēiciō (“to throw out”) (see Etymology 1). Coined by W. K. Clifford by analogy with subject and object.

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