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How does the verb eject contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of eject are evict, expel, and oust. While all these words mean "to drive or force out," eject carries an especially strong implication of throwing or thrusting out from within as a physical action.

ejected an obnoxious patron from the bar

When would evict be a good substitute for eject?

The synonyms evict and eject are sometimes interchangeable, but evict chiefly applies to turning out of house and home.

evicted for nonpayment of rent

Where would expel be a reasonable alternative to eject?

Although the words expel and eject have much in common, expel stresses a thrusting out or driving away especially permanently which need not be physical.

a student expelled from college

When could oust be used to replace eject?

The words oust and eject can be used in similar contexts, but oust implies removal or dispossession by power of the law or by force or compulsion.

police ousted the squatters

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of eject When activated, the harpoon is ejected, penetrates under the skin, and venom is released. Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 11 July 2025 Walmart has received three reports of consumers who were injured after being struck in the face by the lid forcefully ejecting from the bottle when being opened, the CPSC said. Emily Rosenbaum, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025 Walmart is recalling 850,000 Ozark Trail 64 bottles because the lid can forcefully eject and injure users. Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 10 July 2025 Managers are usually automatically ejected immediately upon arguing a decision from New York. Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for eject
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eject
Verb
  • Media outlets subsequently outed him as gay, which led to mental health difficulties and harassment of Sipple's family.
    Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Bezos and de Becker's claims came in response to a story by The National Enquirer that shared personal text messages between Sánchez and Bezos, outing their relationship.
    Alexia Fernández, People.com, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Since 2020, military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have expelled Western forces — including U.S. troops — and turned instead to Russia for security support.
    Jewel Bright, NPR, 9 July 2025
  • At that point, the pericarp contracts, and both the fruit and the seeds are violently expelled through the resulting hole.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • So far, nearly 60,000 federal employees have been dismissed, with the State Department layoffs marking the latest round of cuts.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • With the reciprocal tariffs, Trump is dismissing the rules governing world trade.
    Aamer Madhani, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
Verb
  • What begins as a quiet rebellion erupts into a viral citywide strike, culminating in a daring heist.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • The whole table erupted into a debate about the war—one that everyone claimed to be against, even though one family member is a combat medic and another is enlisting.
    Guy Ben-Aharon, The Atlantic, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Again, don’t run: Bears will chase you, just like a dog would.
    Mike Stunson July 14, Kansas City Star, 14 July 2025
  • And that’s what all three of these companies are chasing: trust, at scale.
    Olumuyiwa Olowogboyega, semafor.com, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • The intoxicated passenger was recorded grabbing the victim's hair and spitting on her.
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • Jonathan Groff’s penchant for spitting on audiences became mainstream enough to warrant a joke at the Tonys.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Vera, the daughter of a Russian father and Korean mother, may be banished to second-class citizenry.
    Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • During those frenzied years in the 1960s and 1970s, authorities banished Xi from the capital and subjected him to solitary confinement and physical abuse.
    JOSEPH TORIGIAN, Foreign Affairs, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • It is now made from 100% Lambrusco di Sorbara grapes and, interestingly, not disgorged or filtered, so that the natural sediment remains in the bottle.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • In Tacoma, 35 miles to the south, Ted Bundy grew up near the American Smelting and Refining Co., which disgorged obscene levels of lead and arsenic into the air while netting millions for the Guggenheim dynasty before its 1986 closure.
    Hamilton Cain, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025

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“Eject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eject. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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