eject
to throw out
Roots
Other words with the ject root
- abject: miserable, degraded, or hopeless
- conjectural: based on guesswork rather than proof
- conjecture: a guess based on incomplete evidence
- dejected: sad and low-spirited
- interject: to throw a remark into a conversation
- jettison: to throw away or discard
- project: to throw forward; plan or estimate
E- / ex- gives out and ject gives throw. Eject is throw out.
The pilot had to eject before the plane crashed.
Eject is the physical anchor for the throwing family. Once you feel throw out, reject becomes throw back, project becomes throw forward, and interject becomes throw into the middle.