ejectedadj.
/ɪˈdʒɛktɪd/ 1. Thrown out from the interior of anything.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > ejecting > ejected
exspuate1608
spewed1633
ejected1756
exsputory1784
out-thrown1869
1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 165 If the water be..upon the fire..these ejected bubbles will be more apparent.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 269 The low heat of the ejected lava.
1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xlviii. 445 That singular ejected rock, the Devil's Thumb.
1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxiv. 320 The young gulls were feeding on the ejected morsel.
2. Expelled from a country, or from an office; evicted, turned out from a possession, tenancy, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [adjective]
flemedc1275
fugitivec1384
exileda1398
relegatec1425
banished1578
self-exiled1596
relegated1611
deporteda1632
exulant1636
ejected1649
exterminated1694
expatriated1768
expatriate1812
dépaysé1909
déraciné1921
society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [adjective]
outedc1500
deposed1552
secluded1604
cast1607
disbanded1611
cashiereda1626
ejected1649
abdicateda1675
displaced1841
overthrown1859
1649 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης xiii. 134 True policy will teach them to find a safer interest in the common freindship of England, then in the ruins of one ejected Family.
1665 A. Marvell Let. 15 Oct. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 40 Nonconformists ejected ministers.
1836 H. Rogers Life J. Howe (1863) iv. 116 But though Howe was an ejected minister, he could not consent to be a silenced one.
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