Definition of ejectnext

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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 Four crew members were forced to eject from the aircrafts, according to authorities, and landed safely. Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 May 2026 Police suspected that Mexican national Brenda Liliana Rivera-Estrada, 30, was impaired during the April 12 crash that ejected her daughter from a vehicle and injured two boys, 11 and 3, and a baby girl, 1. Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026 All four members of the aircrew ejected, a Navy official said. Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 18 May 2026 White Sox manager Wil Venable was ejected for arguing the call. ABC News, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for eject
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eject
Verb
  • As one fan shared plans for a group birthday outing to the movie next month, Riley urged them to go sooner.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 May 2026
  • Predators specifically look for environments where families naturally lower their guard and assume someone else is paying attention, turning a routine family outing into a nightmare.
    Maureen Flatley, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • The Beta Sigma Chapter of Omega Psi Phi has since been expelled from Southern University, per WAFB.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026
  • Last year the leaders of nine European Union countries -- Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland -- signed an open letter claiming the rights convention prevented them from expelling foreign criminals.
    SAM McNEIL, Arkansas Online, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • The court recommended that the petition be dismissed, and that the organizations be given one month to submit the employee lists.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 15 May 2026
  • Even the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence boom were laid by the NSF in the 1980s and 1990s, when neural networks were a backwater dismissed by mainstream computer science.
    Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • For a long time, scientists presumed that the intense pressure and toxic compounds that erupt from Earth’s crust through hydrothermal vents would make these structures and the water around them incompatible with life.
    Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
  • But when the Gaga music started playing, the crowd erupted with the kind of hysteria once reserved for Beatlemania.
    Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Andrew Benintendi’s leadoff, solo blast in the sixth that chased Taillon was another fastball on the outer edge of the zone.
    Andy Martinez, Chicago Tribune, 17 May 2026
  • Ocelli was chasing history, too.
    Andrew Greif, NBC news, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • My mother spitting cherry pips with me and my sister.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
  • In a social media post on May 9, the nonprofit said Sandy spat out a pellet.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • Under the cover of darkness, the Traitors murder the Faithful one by one in a treacherous spree while the Faithful try to uncover the Traitors and banish them from the game.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 May 2026
  • Latz has picked up the past four saves for Texas, banishing Jakob Junis to a supporting role.
    Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 May 2026
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  • Musk amended that proposal in a second filing this month, saying instead that any funds disgorged from OpenAI and its executives should go to OpenAI’s charitable arm.
    David Ingram, NBC news, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Road closures have been seizing the country’s leafy capital, as vans disgorge military style kit bags and American personnel to match at top hotels.
    Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026

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“Eject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eject. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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