ejected

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past simple and past participle of

to push, throw, or force something out of a place :

Small splatters of molten lava were ejected from the crater.

When X-rays are absorbed by matter, electrons are ejected from the atoms of which it is composed.

to come out of a machine when a button is pressed, or to make something do this:

How do you eject the tape?

The coffee machine suddenly ejected a handful of coins.

to leave an aircraft in an emergency using an ejection seat (= a seat that can throw out the pilot or another person in an aircraft if they suddenly have to leave it because they are in danger):

The pilot had to eject from his burning plane.

to force someone to leave a particular place:

be ejected from A number of fans had been ejected from the bar for causing trouble.

to order a sports player to leave the playing area during a game because they have broken a rule