eject

/iˈdʒɛkt/

/iˈdʒɛkt/

Other forms: ejected; ejecting; ejects

It’s good to eject yourself from a burning spaceship (if you happen to have an escape pod and a nice small planet to land on), but if a teacher ejects you from class, well that’s not so good.

Eject comes from “jectere,” the Latin word meaning throw, but the “e” means out. If you want to say, “throw the rascals out!” in only one word, you should choose, “eject!” The opposite of eject is inject. Thinking about the nurse throwing the measles vaccine into your arm makes that doctor’s visit seem a little less friendly.

Definitions of eject

1. verb

   put out or expel from a place
   synonyms: boot out, chuck out, exclude, turf out, turn out

   types:

   evict, force out

   expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process

   evict

   expel or eject without recourse to legal process

   show the door

   ask to leave

   bounce

   eject from the premises

   exorcise, exorcize

   expel through adjuration or prayers

   type of:

   expel, kick out, throw out

   force to leave or move out
2. verb

   leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule
   type of:

   exit, get out, go out, leave

   move out of or depart from
3. verb

   cause to come out in a squirt
   synonyms: force out, squeeze out, squirt

   types:

   spritz

   eject (a liquid) quickly

   extravasate

   force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel

   type of:

   discharge

   pour forth or release
4. verb

   eliminate (a substance)
   synonyms: discharge, exhaust, expel, release

   types:

   cough out, cough up, expectorate, spit out, spit up

   discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth

   blow

   free of obstruction by blowing air through

   abort

   terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion

   ovulate

   produce and discharge eggs

   egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

   eliminate from the body

   bleed, hemorrhage, shed blood

   lose blood from one's body

   eruct, spew, spew out

   eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical

   fester, maturate, suppurate

   ripen and generate pus

   breathe, emit, pass off

   expel (gases or odors)

   belch, bubble, burp, eruct

   expel gas from the stomach

   force out

   emit or cause to move with force of effort

   emanate, exhale, give forth

   give out (breath or an odor)

   cough

   exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

   miscarry

   suffer a miscarriage

   flow, menstruate

   undergo menstruation

   perspire, sudate, sweat

   excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin

   exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude

   release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

   urinate

   pass after the manner of urine

   empty, evacuate, void

   excrete or discharge from the body

   ca-ca, defecate, make, stool

   have a bowel movement

   barf, be sick, chuck, disgorge, regurgitate, throw up, vomit, vomit up

   eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

   ptyalise, ptyalize, spew, spit, spue

   expel or eject (saliva or phlegm or sputum) from the mouth

   spit out, splutter, sputter

   spit up in an explosive manner

   radiate

   send out real or metaphoric rays

   bubble

   form, produce, or emit bubbles