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How does the verb eject contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of eject are evict, expel, and oust. While all these words 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

When would evict be a good substitute for eject?

The synonyms evict and eject are sometimes interchangeable, but evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.

evicted for nonpayment of rent

Where would expel be a reasonable alternative to eject?

Although the words expel and eject have much in common, expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.

a student expelled from college

When could oust be used to replace eject?

The words oust and eject can be used in similar contexts, but oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.

police ousted the squatters

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of eject The pilot was able to eject and was rescued by a search and rescue team. Kevin Sabet, Newsweek, 24 Mar. 2025 The impact ejected Navy Petty Officer Neil Roberts into the snow below and forced the copter down. Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Mar. 2025 The driver of the first car, 57-year-old Andra Craig, was ejected from his vehicle and died as a result of the crash. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Mar. 2025 The sun ejected what is called a coronal mass of plasma and magnetic field on Friday, according to NOAA. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eject
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eject
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  • The sudden change reportedly outed multiple students who are transgender or have legal name changes.
    Andrew King, Axios, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Lifestyle gurus of all types (none outed as serial killers to date) closely document their rise-and-grind rituals, encouraging followers to seize the day with healthy and intentional choices.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 24 Mar. 2025
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  • His family are from Bhutan, a tiny Buddhist kingdom on the eastern edge of the Himalayas, from where they were expelled in the 1990s because of a conflict over ethnicity and politics, sparked by resurgent Bhutanese nationalists.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
  • But two days after Trump retook the White House this year on promises of tightening America’s borders and expelling violent criminals, Parris found himself at a red light in his Arizona neighborhood, surrounded by unmarked SUVs.
    Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
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  • In film school, games and anime aren’t celebrated, they’re dismissed.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Griffin launched a legal challenge and on April 4, a three-judge panel of the North Carolina court of appeals ruled 2-1 that the state's elections board erred in dismissing Griffin's protests about invalid election ballots.
    John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • The reaction by members of Greenland's parliament and residents has rendered that unlikely, with anger erupting over the Trump administration’s attempts to annex the vast Arctic island.
    PHILIP CROWTHER, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Tensions ran high and in some cases erupted into violence during several Tarrant County Commissioners Court meetings following Yancy’s death.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Mar. 2025
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  • The Cultural Toll The U.S. may still be the ultimate prize, but for many international artists and their teams, the cost of chasing it is starting to outweigh the payoff.
    Alex Ashley, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Catch up on the latest energy news: PRO: To chase or not to chase?
    Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
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  • The app spits out benchmarking scores for five things: single-core CPU performance, multi-core CPU performance, 2D graphics performance using GDI, 3D graphics performance using OpenGL, and disk speed (broken into four sub-benchmarks for sequential and random read and write performance).
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Mar. 2025
  • While the software does issue a disclaimer before spitting out its design, seemingly to avoid trademark issues, some fair-use hawks are not convinced.
    Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • President Donald Trump has framed his actions as efforts to root out noncitizens who support terrorists and banish members of notoriously violent gangs, but outside groups and lawyers have accused the president of acting illegally and sued.
    Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Thor and his friends lash out at the Frost Giants against Odin’s wishes, and he is banished to Earth.
    Jacqueline Weiss, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
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  • Mutual funds often disgorge unwanted capital gain dividends on holders, while ETFs rarely do.
    William Baldwin, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Night skiing was featured to enable locals to ski after work, and on most afternoons in winter, yellow buses disgorged scores of local students, who took over the mountain.
    David Goodman, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025

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“Eject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eject. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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