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English Dictionary: ejection by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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"
    Synonym(s): ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ejection \E*jec"tion\, n. [L. ejectio: cf. F. [82]jection.]
      1. The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion;
            evacuation. [bd]Vast ejection of ashes.[b8] --Eustace.
            [bd]The ejection of a word.[b8] --Johnson.
  
      2. (Physiol.) The act or process of discharging anything from
            the body, particularly the excretions.
  
      3. The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession;
            banishment.
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