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EJECTION
expulsion, projection, ejection, forcing out
(noun) the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting
ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
(noun) the act of forcing out someone or something; “the ejection of troublemakers by the police”; “the child’s expulsion from school”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ejection (countable and uncountable, plural ejections)
The act of ejecting.
That which is ejected.
Source: Wiktionary
E*jec"tion, n. Etym: [L. ejectio: cf. F. Ă©jection.]
1. The act of ejecting or casting out; discharge; expulsion; evacuation. "Vast ejection of ashes." Eustace. "The ejection of a word." Johnson.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: The act or process of discharging anything from the body, particularly the excretions.
3. The state of being ejected or cast out; dispossession; banishment.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SUBDUCTION
(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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