ejection
noun /ɪˈdʒekʃn/
/ɪˈdʒekʃn/
[uncountable, countable]- ejection (of somebody) (from something) (formal) an act of forcing somebody to leave a place or position
- the forcible ejection of a group of 10 troublemakers
- Most of the president's supporters believed his ejection from office was illegal.
- ejection (of something) (from something) (into something) an act of pushing something out suddenly and with a lot of force
- the ejection of hot rocks and ash into the water column and air above the volcano
- an escape from an aircraft that is going to crash, sometimes using an ejector seat
- a parachute system that would allow pilots to survive high-altitude ejection
- ejection (of something) (from something) an act of making a disk, tape, etc. come out of a machine
- The device allows automatic ejection of the CD after five minutes.