| Main Entry: | ejection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion |
Synonyms: |
banishment, disbarment, discharge, dismissal, elimination, eviction, exile, ouster, removal, the boot, the heave-ho, the sack, throwing out |
| Concept: | [Motion out of, actively] Ejection. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
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-nouns
ejection, emission, effusion, rejection, expulsion, eviction, extrusion, trajection; discharge; emesis., egestion, evacuation, vomition; ructation, eructation; bloodletting, venesection, phlebotomy, paracentesis; expuitition, exspuitition; tapping, drainage; clearance, clearage., deportation; banishment (punishment ); rouge's march; relegation, extradition; dislodgment., bouncer [U.S.], chucker-out.
-verbs
give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravastate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire (exude); breathe, blow (wind)., tap, draw off; bale out, lade out; let blood, broach., eject, reject; expel, discard; cut, send to coventry, boycott; chasser; banish (punish); bounce [U.S.]; fire, fire out; throw throw out, throw up, throw off, throw away, throw aside; push throw out, throw off, throw away, throw aside; shovel out, shovel away, sweep out, sweep away; brush off, brush away, whisk off, whisk away, turn off, turn away, send off, send away; discharge; send adrift, turn adrift, cast adrift; turn out, bundle out; throw overboard; give the sack to; send packing, send about one's business, send to the reigh about; strike off the roll (abrogate); turn out neck and heels, turn out head and shoulders, turn out neck and crop; pack off; send away with a flea in the ear; send to Jericho; bow out, show the door to., turn out of doors, turn out of house and home; evict, oust; unhouse, unkennel; dislodge; unpeople, dispeople; depopulate; relegate, deport., empty; drain to the dregs; sweep off; clear off, clear out, clear away; suck, draw off; clean out, make a clean sweep of, clear decks, purge., embowel, disbowel, disembowel; eviscerate, gut; unearth, root out, root up; averuncate; weed out, get out; eliminate, get rid of, do away with, shake off; exenterate., vomit, spew, puke, keck, retch; belch out; cast up, bring up; disgorge; expectorate, clear the throat, hawk, spit, sputter, splutter, slobber, drivel, slaver, slabber; eructate; drool., unpack, unlade, unload, unship; break bulk; dump., be let out; ooze (emerge).
-adjectives
emitting, emitted.
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Antonyms: |
reception (Motion into)] |
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| Main Entry: | cast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a throw to the side |
Synonyms: |
casting, ejection, expulsion, fling, flinging, heave, heaving, hurl, hurling, launching, lob, lobbing, pitch, pitching, projection, propulsion, shooting, sling, slinging, thrust, thrusting, toss, tossing |
Antonyms: |
catch, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | deposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dethroning, ousting |
Synonyms: |
degradation, discharge, dismissal, displacement, ejection, impeachment, overthrow, removal, unfrocking |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
ax, bounce, bum's rush, congé, demobilization, ejection, gate, old heave ho, pink slip, the boot, the door, walking papers |
Antonyms: |
assignment, delegation, employment, engagement, hiring |
| Main Entry: | disposal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | parting with or throwing something away |
Synonyms: |
auctioning, bartering, chucking, clearance, conveyance, demolishing, demolition, destroying, destruction, discarding, dispatching, dispensation, disposition, dumping, ejection, jettison, jettisoning, junking, relegation, relinquishment, removal, riddance, sacrifice, sale, scrapping, selling, trading, transfer, transference, vending |
Antonyms: |
hold, keeping, retention |
| Main Entry: | elimination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | removal |
Synonyms: |
cut, destruction, discard, displacement, dropping, ejection, eradication, exclusion, expulsion, extermination, omission, rejection, riddance, taking away, weeding out, withdrawal |
| Main Entry: | emission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | issuance, diffusion |
Synonyms: |
discharge, ejaculation, ejection, emanation, exhalation, exudation, issue, radiation, shedding, transmission, utterance, venting |
Antonyms: |
concealment, containment, refrain, repression, suppression, withholding |
| Main Entry: | eviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | throwing out of a residence |
Synonyms: |
boot, bounce*, bum's rush, clearance, dislodgement, dispossession, ejection, expulsion, kicking out, ouster, removal, rush, the gate, walking papers |
Antonyms: |
admittance, boarding, including, leasing, receiving, renting, welcome, welcoming |
| Main Entry: | exclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expulsion; forbiddance |
Synonyms: |
ban, bar, blackball, blockade, boycott, coventry, cut, debarment, debarring, discharge, dismissal, ejection, elimination, embargo, eviction, exception, excommunication, interdict, interdicting, interdiction, keeping out, lockout, nonadmission, occlusion, omission, ostracism, ousting, preclusion, prevention, prohibition, proscription, refusal, rejection, relegation, removal, repudiation, segregation, separation, suspension, veto |
Antonyms: |
acceptance, addition, admittance, allowance, inclusion, incorporation, welcome |