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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionaryeject \i-ˈjekt\ transitive verb ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Latin ejectus, past participle of eicere, from e- + jacere DATE 15th century1. a. to throw out especially by physical force, authority, or influence ejected the player from the game b. to evict from property2. to throw out or off from within ejects the empty cartridges• eject·able \-ˈjek-tə-bəl\ adjective• ejec·tion \-ˈjek-shən\ noun• ejec·tive \-ˈjek-tiv\ adjectiveSynonyms. eject, expel, oust, evict mean to drive or force out. eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical a student expelled from college oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion got the sheriff to oust the squatters evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home evicted for nonpayment of rentEnglish Etymologyeject 1550s, from L. ejectus, pp. of ejicere, eicere "throw out," from ex- "out" + -icere, comb. form of jacere "to throw."Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7ejecteject / i5dVekt / verb1. [VN] ~ sb (from sth) (formal) to force sb to leave a place 驱逐；逐出；赶出 SYN throw out : Police ejected a number of violent protesters from the hall. 警察将一些暴力抗议者赶出了会议厅。 2. [VN] ~ sth (from sth) to push sth out suddenly and with a lot of force 喷出；喷射；排出: Used cartridges are ejected from the gun after firing. 空弹壳在射击后从枪里弹出。 3. [V] (of a pilot) to escape from an aircraft that is going to crash, sometimes using an ejector seat (飞行员在飞机坠毁前从弹射座椅)弹出4. [VN , V] when you eject a tape, disk, etc., or when it ejects, it comes out of the machine after you have pressed a button (按键后磁带、磁盘)弹出；使弹出• ejec·tion / i5dVekFn / noun [U, C] Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of EnglishOxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englisheject verb 1 push/send sth out ADV. forcibly | summarily They were summarily ejected by the security guard. PREP. from He was forcibly ejected from the restaurant. 2 make an emergency exit ADV. safely PREP. from All the crew members ejected safely from the plane. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Editionv. Function: verb 1 to drive or force (somebody) out FF1C;eject an intruder from one's homeFF1E; Synonyms: boot (out), chase, chuck, dismiss, evict, extrude, kick out, out, throw out; compare BANISH 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 Idioms: give one his walking papers, send packing, show one the door Contrasted Words: accept, admit, install, receive; entertain, harbor, house, lodge, shelter 2 Synonyms: ERUPT 1, belch, disgorge, eruct, expel, irrupt, spewWebster's Third New International Dictionary, UnabridgedejectI. \ə̇ˈjekt, ēˈ-\ transitive verb(-ed/-ing/-s)Etymology: Middle English ejecten, from Latin ejectus, past participle of eicere, from e- + -icere (from jacere to throw) — more at jet1. a. : to drive (as a person) out especially by physical force : expel < he was being ejected for taunting the pianist — Brooks Atkinson > b. : to deprive of membership or of a position or office : oust < the membership ejected the chairman by acclamation > c. : to evict from property : dispossess < ejected for nonpayment of rent >2. a. : to throw or force out from within < a mechanism that ejects the empty cases from the gun > b. : to throw off < an electron ejected from an atom of copper > c. obsolete : emit < every look … mine eyes ejects — Ben Jonson >Synonyms: eject, expel, oust, evict, and dismiss can mean, in common, to force or thrust (a thing or person) out. eject carries the strongest implication of throwing out from within < cones of material ejected from the volcanoes — W.E.Swinton > < the solar system had been formed out of matter ejected from the sun — S.F.Mason > < no solid bank of smoke ejected itself from the breastworks — Kenneth Roberts > < a roaring fire ejecting sparks — T.S.Eliot > < cowboys forcibly eject the farmers from their places in line — American Guide Series: Texas > expel, stressing a thrusting out or driving away, implies more generally a voluntary compulsion than eject, indicating more generally an intent to get permanently rid of < expel the air from the lungs > < the fish and the bird, which expel the egg from the body — H.M.Parshley > < he was arrested … then expelled from the city with the warning never to come back — Current Biography > < expelled from his seat in the Senate for plotting with the British — R.B.Morris > oust implies removal or dispossession by the power of a law or the exercise of force or compulsion < to oust squatters from his property — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < the first explorers were the Genoese, who had been ousted from the Levant trade by the Venetians — S.F.Mason > < Ferdinand … ousted the local king from Navarre — Francis Hackett > evict now means to turn out (of house and home, one's place of business, or the like) by legal or equally effective means, commonly for nonpayment of rent < after two months the landlord had the tenants evicted for rowdyism and destruction of property besides nonpayment > < Roger Williams, rebel against the Puritans and evicted by them from the sacred confines of Massachusetts — R.W.Hatch > < thousands of crofters were evicted to make way for large sheep farms — London Calling > dismiss stresses a getting rid of (something) by refusing it further consideration, ejecting it from the thoughts, or taking steps to ensure its no longer annoying one < nonviolence as a political weapon … should not be dismissed lightly — African Abstracts > < a very downright sort of Yankee, given to dismissing people who disagreed with him — Charlton Laird > < dismiss an enemy by having him deported >II. \ˈēˌjekt\ noun(-s): projection 8

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