eject

eject
/i jekt"/, v.t.
1. to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position: The police ejected the hecklers from the meeting.
2. to dismiss, as from office or occupancy.
3. to evict, as from property.
4. to throw out, as from within; throw off.
v.i.
5. to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat: When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected.
[1545-55; < L ejectus (ptp. of ejicere) thrown out, equiv. to e- E- + jec- (comb. form of jacere) throw + -tus ptp. suffix]
Syn. 1-3. oust.

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