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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
ejection
    n 1: the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting [syn:
         expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out]
    2: the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of
       troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from
       school" [syn: ejection, exclusion, expulsion,
       riddance]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Ejection \E*jec"tion\, n. [L. ejectio: cf. F. ['e]jection.]
   1. The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion;
      evacuation. "Vast ejection of ashes." --Eustace. "The
      ejection of a word." --Johnson.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Physiol.) The act or process of discharging anything from
      the body, particularly the excretions.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession;
      banishment.
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906)
EJECTION, n.  An approved remedy for the disease of garrulity.  It is
also much used in cases of extreme poverty.


Thesaurus Results for Ejection:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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