eject

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb put out or expel from a place
  2. verb eliminate (a substance)
  3. verb leave an aircraft rapidly, using an ejection seat or capsule

Etymology

From Middle French éjecter, from Latin ēiectus, perfect passive participle of ēiciō (“to throw out”), or from ēiectō, the frequentative form of the same verb, from ē-, combining form of ex (“out”), + iaciō (“to throw”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

chuck out, exclude, turf out, boot out, turn out

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