1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out
we summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party
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2
as in expelled
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the malfunctioning VCR abruptly stopped rewinding and ejected the tape
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Recent Examples of ejected
Bucknor, who has been an MLB umpire since 1996, ejected Red Sox manager Alex Cora after calling Trevor Story out on a check swing.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Patience, who was a senior at Chapel Hill High School, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
Photos from the scene also revealed that the passenger seat was ejected.
—Christopher Harris, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
According to a statement from Nellis Air Force Base cited by multiple reported, emergency crews reached the crash site and confirmed that the pilot had safely ejected and suffered only minor injuries.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Tremblay, her daughter said, was ejected from the plane upon impact and was thrown more than 300 feet — nearly the length of a football field — before slamming and skidding onto the tarmac.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
Twins manager Derek Shelton got ejected for arguing with an umpire who had attempted to rule in his team’s favor.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
All six crew members safely ejected from the F-15E Strike Eagles.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
According to state police, the Nissan, driven by a 60-year-old woman from Plainville, collided with the Yamaha, causing the operator to be ejected from the motorcycle.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Patience, who was a senior at Chapel Hill High School, was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 1 Apr. 2026
Photos from the scene also revealed that the passenger seat was ejected.
—Christopher Harris, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
According to a statement from Nellis Air Force Base cited by multiple reported, emergency crews reached the crash site and confirmed that the pilot had safely ejected and suffered only minor injuries.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Tremblay, her daughter said, was ejected from the plane upon impact and was thrown more than 300 feet — nearly the length of a football field — before slamming and skidding onto the tarmac.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 31 Mar. 2026
Twins manager Derek Shelton got ejected for arguing with an umpire who had attempted to rule in his team’s favor.
—Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2026
All six crew members safely ejected from the F-15E Strike Eagles.
—Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
According to state police, the Nissan, driven by a 60-year-old woman from Plainville, collided with the Yamaha, causing the operator to be ejected from the motorcycle.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejected
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In February, the judge overseeing the case dismissed several claims against the bank, but let stand two others.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Far too often, symptoms such as fatigue, swelling, shortness of breath and nerve pain are misdiagnosed or dismissed.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Dali had nearly been expelled from the Surrealist movement in 1934 for refusing to denounce the Nazis, and yet his star still burned bright.—
Serena Turner,
Vanity Fair,
30 Mar. 2026
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Azabal plays Layal, a tightly wound Arabic professor whose troubled teenage son Daniel (Zolghadri) is expelled from high school, prompting her to escort him from Indiana to California to live with his estranged father.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
30 Mar. 2026
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Isaiah Evans slipped trying to curl to the rim and Solo Ball scooped up the ball, racing toward the basket, chased by the likely player of the year, Cam Boozer.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2026
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Without hesitation, Gunner flew down the stairs to the yard and chased after the bunny.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
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The Crown’s soaked supporters erupted.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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Nu Stadium erupted and the game remained knotted 1-1 at halftime.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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That process has effectively scared many people away from filling out paperwork to recertify with Medi-Cal due to fears of being outed by the federal government, which is cracking down on undocumented immigrants by apprehending and deporting them.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
22 Mar. 2026
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The new season sees Reid's Lestat de Lioncourt living the rockstar life, as vampires have been outed by author Daniel Molloy (Eric Bobosian) in his book that interviews Louis de Pointe du Lac (Jacob Anderson).—
Debbie Day,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Mar. 2026
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Across the nation, the level of light emitted at night has dropped by as much as 50 percent in some cities, according to Bloomberg, as fuel shortages force widespread power cuts.—
Thomas E. Franklin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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That's nearing the roughly 880 million tons emitted by the entire global aviation industry, an estimate from industry group Air Transport Action Group.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Andrew has already been banished to Sandringham and stripped of his titles.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
21 Mar. 2026
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The scheme has proved to be the start of a wave of pedestrianizations across the city, which have banished cars from some major streets and reduced the number of car lanes on many others.—
Marie Patino,
Bloomberg,
20 Mar. 2026
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Nafisa allegedly spat on someone, believed to be a Frontier employee, per Local 10, as she was being taken off the plane.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
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The Portuguese princess who could go from spitting 16s with Swollen Members to dropping ‘Maneater’ and ‘Promiscuous’ with Timbaland.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Ejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ejected. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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