ejected; ejecting; ejects
1
a
: to throw out especially by physical force, authority, or influence
ejected the player from the game
b
: to evict from property
2
: to throw out or off from within
ejects the empty cartridges
Examples of eject in a Sentence
The machine automatically ejected the CD.
The pilot ejected when his plane caught fire.
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Reid, DiVincenzo, Holland, Isaiah Stewart, Marcus Sasser, Bickerstaff, 46, and Prigioni, 47, were all ejected from the game, NBA.com reported.
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
After a month-long pause, during which the Kremlin’s priority was to eject a strong Ukrainian force from western Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the Russians are on the attack again outside Pokrovsk, a fortress city in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
As a result, Engineer Hector Flores has been ejected for the race weekend, and the team will also not be allowed to select the pit stall.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The truck hit a culvert, went airborne, landed and rolled over, ejecting him from the vehicle.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 31 Mar. 2025
After a month-long pause, during which the Kremlin’s priority was to eject a strong Ukrainian force from western Russia’s Kursk Oblast, the Russians are on the attack again outside Pokrovsk, a fortress city in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast.
—David Axe, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
As a result, Engineer Hector Flores has been ejected for the race weekend, and the team will also not be allowed to select the pit stall.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
The truck hit a culvert, went airborne, landed and rolled over, ejecting him from the vehicle.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for eject
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“Eject.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eject. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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eject
verb1
a
: to throw out especially by physical force or authority
ejected from the game
b
: to force off property
2
: to throw out or off from within
ejects the cassette
ejector
noun
-ˈjek-tər
Medical Definition
eject
transitive verb
: to force out or expel from within
blood ejected from the heart—S. F. Mason
S. F. MasonLegal Definition
eject
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