eject synonyms
eject
v.
To remove physically
expel, drive out, evict, discharge, throw out, cast out, oust, dislodge, discard, reject, emit, disgorge, kick out, heave out, send out, put out, force out, weed out, spit out, turn out, rout out, run out, blow out, squeeze out, do away with, banish, throw off, pour forth, spout, vomit, expectorate, excrete, evacuate, dump, unloose, throw overboard, get rid of, eradicate, exterminate, send packing*, show the gate to*, bundle off*, boot out*, give the boot*, bounce*. * To remove from a social or economic position
dismiss, expel, discharge, oust, remove, expatriate, ostracize, excommunicate; see also dismiss 1, 2.
eject, the term of broadest application here, implies generally a throwing or casting out from within forcibly ejected from the room; expel suggests a driving out, as by force, specif. a forcing out of a country, organization, etc., often in disgrace expelled from school; evict refers to the forcing out, as of a tenant, by legal procedure; dismiss suggests a rejection of or refusal to consider some matter the judge dismissed the case, dismissed such thoughts from my mind and often refers to the removal of an employee dismissed for incompetence; oust implies the getting rid of something undesirable, as by force or the action of law to oust corrupt officials
Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus Copyright © 1999 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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