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ejection

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e·jec·tion  (-jkshn)
n.
1. The act of ejecting or the condition of being ejected.
2. Ejected matter.

1. Escape from an aircraft by means of an independently propelled seat or capsule.
2. In air armament, the process of forcefully separating an aircraft store from an aircraft to achieve satisfactory separation.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ejectionejection - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling
belch, burp, burping, eructation, belching - a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth
belching - the forceful expulsion of something from inside; "the belching of smoke from factory chimneys"
coughing up - the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing
spitting, expectoration, spit - the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva)
disgorgement, emesis, puking, vomiting, regurgitation, vomit - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
2.ejectionejection - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"
defenestration - the act of throwing someone or something out of a window
banishment, proscription - rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone
deportation - the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien
ostracism - the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
barring, blackball - the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto
ousting, ouster - the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out

ejection
noun 2. dismissal, sacking (informal) firing (informal) removal, discharge, the boot (slang) expulsion, the sack (informal) dislodgement
noun 3. emission, throwing out, expulsion, spouting, casting out, disgorgement


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For nature (as the physicians allege) having intended the superior anterior orifice only for the intromission of solids and liquids, and the inferior posterior for ejection, these artists ingeniously considering that in all diseases nature is forced out of her seat, therefore, to replace her in it, the body must be treated in a manner directly contrary, by interchanging the use of each orifice; forcing solids and liquids in at the anus, and making evacuations at the mouth.
This mass was broken either in its ejection or its fall, and wonderful was the internal organization revealed.
As it happened, indeed, the whole company were equally lucky, if less dignified in their form of ejection.
 
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