ejectionnoun [ C or U ]
uk/iˈdʒek.ʃən/us/iˈdʒek.ʃən/the act of ejecting someone or something
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Emitting and ejecting
- carbon emissions
- discharge
- disgorge
- displace
- ejaculate
- ejaculation
- eject
- emanate
- emanate from/through sth/sb
- emission
- emit
- exude
- give
- give sth off
- projectile
- radiant
- radiate
- release
- shed
- spew
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Examples from literature
- If there is anything in the larynx or the bronchial tubes the attempt must be made to secure its ejection by the production of coughing or sneezing.
- On the other hand, the constitution required a minimum of two million votes for the valid ejection of the President of the republic.
- The ejection of the life raft must have caused the thump he'd heard before he was cast adrift.
- The passage of this species of worms from the bowels, or their ejection from the stomach, is the only positive evidence of their presence.
- The very high temperature of these volcanic ejections makes it necessary for us to suppose that they come from a great depth.