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e•ject

Pronunciation: (i-jekt'), [key]
—v.t.
1. to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position: The police ejected the hecklers from the meeting.
2. to dismiss, as from office or occupancy.
3. to evict, as from property.
4. to throw out, as from within; throw off.

—v.i.
to propel oneself from a damaged or malfunctioning airplane, as by an ejection seat: When the plane caught fire, the pilot ejected.

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