To compel (a sports player) to leave the field because of inappropriate behaviour.
To forcefully project oneself or another occupant from an aircraft (or, rarely, another type of vehicle), typically using an ejection seat or escape capsule.
From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō, or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex, + iaciō.
From Latin ēiectum ("(that which is) thrown out"), from ēiciō (see Etymology 1). Coined by W. K. Clifford by analogy with subject and object.
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