1
as in dismissed
to drive or force out
we summarily ejected the unwanted guest from our party
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2
as in expelled
to violently throw out or off (something from within)
the malfunctioning VCR abruptly stopped rewinding and ejected the tape
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Recent Examples of ejected
And freshman cornerback Ja’Boree Antoine held his own when pressed into duty late after Lucas was ejected and OJ Frederique left in the second half with an injury.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Fire Rescue said one person was ejected in the collision and airlifted to a trauma center.
—Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
Kerr, who was ejected in the loss to the Clippers, was not worried about how the league or his players would react to his outburst.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Georgia's biggest issue came in the first half when 6-11 center Somto Cyril was ejected for throwing a forearm into Florida's Rueben Chinyelu.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Jan. 2026
The rider, a 30-year-old man from Chula Vista, was ejected and died at the scene.
—Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
On a subsequent play, referee Jeffrey Anderson blew his whistle, pointed to a spectator seated in the third row and signaled for him to be ejected.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
After a replay review, Bane was ejected from the game after being assessed both a technical foul and a flagrant foul for his transgression.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Of the eight monkeys that were ejected from their cages, five were killed in the hunt for them and three remained on the loose before Sunday.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ejected
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The domestic violence case was dismissed and the theft charge had yet to be disputed in court.—
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Carrie, meanwhile, is villainized for her admittedly deluded quest to reunite with her biological son in a world that has dismissed them.—
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Academics, journalists, students, have been fired or expelled, or, in some cases locked up for expressing their speech.—
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The Vatican then expelled ten other members.—
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Gonzalez chased her down, punched her several times and then dragged her back to the truck, police said.—
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That’s been the case this season, too, even as Nacua and Davante Adams have chased the NFL lead in receiving yards and touchdowns.—
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Protests have erupted in American cities since.—
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Shocking allegations have erupted from the Moore administration’s Department of Human Services surrounding an alleged scheme to intentionally maintain a high error rate in SNAP payments.—
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After Julia outed their affair in the one true bombshell of the season and Adriana wowed everyone by bringing up a Haitian mortician who got a free coffee maker (an excellent Halloween costume, BTW), the next season will just be the two of them sniping and shouting.—
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Carly was outed as the niece of Hanks in the premiere by fellow contestant Hugo after her ties to fame were hinted at with a park bench — from Hanks' iconic movie Forrest Gump — earlier in the show.—
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Archival added that rescue efforts had been hampered by the fact that any sparks created by digging machinery could ignite methane gas emitted by the landfill, per the outlet.—
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The outer layer of the capsule is made from gelatin coated with a layer of cellulose and either molybdenum or tungsten, which blocks any RF signal from being emitted.—
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Vladimir Lenin in Russia, Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, and Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Iran all spent more than 15 years in exile before returning to lead revolutions that toppled the regimes that had banished them.—
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One of the most painful parts of this show remains seeing people who are so good at being on television banished from our screens.—
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On its fringes, volcanic islands gurgle and spit, their fertile slopes ablaze with wildflowers, capers, and Malvasia grapes.—
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Picked him up when the system spit him out.—
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“Ejected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ejected. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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