ejectable

Variant of eject

eject definition

eject (ē jekt′, i-)

transitive verb

  1. to throw out; cast out; expel; emit; discharge the chimney ejects smoke
  2. to drive out; evict to eject a heckler

Etymology: < L ejectus, pp. of ejicere, to throw out < e-, out (see ex-) + jacere, to throw (see jet)

intransitive verb

to be ejected from an aircraft as by means of an ejection seat

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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