ejection

DEFINITIONS OF: ejection

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; belch, belching, burp, burping, eructation
a reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth; belching
the forceful expulsion of something from inside; coughing up
the act of expelling (food or phlegm) by coughing; expectoration, spit, spitting
the act of spitting (forcefully expelling saliva); disgorgement, emesis, puking, regurgitation, vomit, vomiting
the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth; rumination
regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding; haematemesis, hematemesis
vomiting blood; hyperemesis
severe and excessive vomiting

“the ejection of troublemakers by the police”

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; defenestration
the act of throwing someone or something out of a window; deportation
the expulsion from a country of an undesirable alien; ostracism
the act of excluding someone from society by general consent; barring, blackball
the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto; ouster, ousting
the act of ejecting someone or forcing them out; deposition, dethronement
the act of deposing someone; removing a powerful person from a position or office

Type of:: banishment, proscription
rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone

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