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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Both of the vehicles crashed off the left side of the road and the riders were ejected, police said.
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
This process often leads to the photoelectric effect, where an electron absorbs energy from the X-ray photon and is ejected from the atom.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
The pilot of the A-10, a single-seater aircraft, safely ejected and was rescued outside of Iran after flying the plane away from Iranian territory, CNN previously reported.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
The moon has patterns of ejecta that formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface and then ejected material onto the surface.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
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Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
This process often leads to the photoelectric effect, where an electron absorbs energy from the X-ray photon and is ejected from the atom.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
The pilot of the A-10, a single-seater aircraft, safely ejected and was rescued outside of Iran after flying the plane away from Iranian territory, CNN previously reported.
—Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
The moon has patterns of ejecta that formed when asteroids struck the lunar surface and then ejected material onto the surface.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
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 8 Apr. 2026.
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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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