eject

Meanings

Verb

• To compel (a person or persons) to leave.
• To throw out or remove forcefully.
• 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.
• To cause (something) to come out of a machine.
• To come out of a machine.

Noun

• an inferred object of someone else's consciousness

Related

Similar words

• throw out
• kick out, send off (UK), toss
• punch out
• remove
• come out

Broader meaning words

• bail out

Origin

• 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.